<P> Detroit premiered at the Fox Theatre, Detroit, on July 25, 2017, and began a limited theatrical release on July 28, 2017, before opening wide on August 4, 2017 . The film received positive reviews from critics, with particular praise towards Bigelow's direction, Boal's script and the performances of Boyega, Poulter and Smith but was a box office failure, only grossing $21 million against its $34 million budget . </P> <P> On July 23, 1967, the Detroit police stage a raid on an unlicensed club during a celebration for returning black veterans . While suspects are being arrested, a mob forms and starts throwing rocks at the officers before looting nearby stores and starting fires, beginning the 12th Street Riot . With civil authorities, elected representatives, and even emergency services unable to maintain any semblance of order, Governor George W. Romney authorizes the Michigan National Guard and Army paratroopers to enter Detroit in order to provide assistance . On the second day of rioting, two cops pursue a fleeing looter . One of them, Philip Krauss, kills the man with a shotgun against orders, but is allowed to remain on active duty until his superiors can decide whether to file murder charges . </P> <P> The Dramatics, a professional black R&B group, arrive in Detroit hoping to score a recording contract . Seconds before their scheduled performance at a music hall, the police shut down the venue and order them to leave the city . En route, their bus is attacked by rioters and the group subsequently splits up, with lead singer Larry Reed and his friend Fred Temple renting a room at the local Algiers Motel for the night . They meet two white girls, Julie Ann and Karen, who introduce them to their friends Carl Cooper and Aubrey Pollard . Carl and another friend stage a prank using a starter pistol, upsetting Julie and Karen, who move to the room of Greene, a Vietnam War veteran, while Larry and Fred return to their own room . </P> <P> Melvin Dismukes, a private security guard, is assigned to protect a grocery store from looters and ingratiates himself with the Guardsmen . Carl decides to fire several blanks from his pistol in the direction of the troops to frighten them, but they mistake it for a sniper attack and open fire on the Algiers . A detachment of police arrive, led by Krauss, who guns down Carl when he tries to escape and plants a knife next to his body as he bleeds out and dies . </P>

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