black snake moan be uproarious . it be over flowingly rich and fantastically orchestrate and strange and cumbersome and unique and visionary . in continuation of hustle and flow and brewer paint his portrait of the american south almost a a mythological land one would expect to see in a fantasy or ancient greece epic . and yet a far high above u his movie hover and they be still root while root in the deepest and dark soil there be . a in traditional fairy tale and brewer paint his portrait in black snake moan use extreme and exaggeration . sharp and stark character trait and when couple with such extreme act a chain a half naked white girl to a radiator in an attempt to redeem her of her sin and exaggerate and emphasize the metaphor the same way such extreme visual technique such a some character have colour in pleasantville strengthen the metaphor in that fairy tale film . but brewer doesn not begin his film with once upon a time while in this film and also in hustle and flow and brewer present u with a different fairy tale while a dark and gothic fable of sex and prostitution and and ultimately and redemption . these theme run through the film vein like blood and resonate and bloom in it dark and brood setting . but despite these harsh extreme and brewer treat his character like human and and create extremely well execute and three dimensional characterization in lazarus and rae and particularly emphasize with their relationship with lazerus friend at the pharmacy and angela and and rae mother . the acting be and all around and quite perfect . one get the feeling that both christina ricci and samuel l. jackson be bear to play these role . their characterization be so intense and so severe while it even more of a challenge for the actor to keep their head on and craft realistic character . and they succeed admirably . samuel l. jackson in particular utterly disappears into his character and which serve a a polar opposite to most of the character he play before . with film like pulp fiction and jackie brown and shaft and and others and he have craft for himself a typecast of the ultimate bad as . in black snake moan jackson play an old and broken and defeat and earthy character quite unlike anything he do before . and frankly and it just fantastic . what come as quite a surprise and though and be the casting of justin timberlake and and more specifically and the fact that he come across a quite tolerable . sure he doesn not have much screen time and but like what brewer do with ludicrous in hustle and flow and he actually get timberlake to act and do what he be mean to do and and not come across a totally unconvincing and irritate . but what be really so incredibly great about the movie be the atmosphere brewer creates . the rural southern location work to his advantage in create a dark and dirty and grimy and crusty and rugged kind of texture to the entire film and which more than fit in with the film thematic and metaphorical aspect . and by utilize all sort of element such a the rise sound of cicada when rae get her itch and or a raging thunderstorm that increase and intensifies a lazarus play his black snake moan blue number for rae and brewer truly manage to create almost a fantasy world and an undermined mythology to the rural southern setting . and it work so utterly fantastically to craft brewer unique vision . and one can not talk about a craig brewer film without mention the music . in hustle and flow and he utilize a soundtrack of down and dirty and street wise hip hop music to emphasize the atmosphere and the vision . in this film and the music work even good at polish off and fully represent the unique atmosphere . it be a rural blue soundtrack and but it the dirtiest and rawest and gritty blue you have ever hear . and it sound just absolutely fantastic . in all and it can be say that have this movie be a simple tale of an old and broken and lonely and god fear black blue singer redeem a young white woman who be sexually abuse a a child and now suffers from nymphomania and there may have not be very much to write home about . but this film be not about the plot and and not even about the character and as well a they be craft in the film regardless . no and this film be about the vision and what a unique vision it be . it be about the atmosphere and the mythology and the setting . it be about anger and fear and redemption and and most importantly and the blue . and it all wrap up in a unique and entertaining and stylized and impeccable ribbon . brewer have guarantee himself a spot on the most promising up and come director list and and with such a solid follow up to a great debut film and hustle and flow and he will definitely be on my radar for future project . it also must be mention that the film have one of the most fantastic and unique title i have hear yet .