Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

While there is appropriate character build up at the beginning of the film, there certainly could have been more tension brought about when the actual blackout occurs.We have stereotyping here as depicted by the usual black neighborhood, with the unemployed men and characters hanging around the streets while being up to no good. There is promise as one mother recounts that her son will be attending college.The best part here is that the landlord, played by Saul Rubinek, gets caught up in the blackout. Coming into the neighborhood with his chauffeur, he looks to blame his super for adverse conditions in the building, and looks to fire him so that he can collect a higher rent for the latter's apartment.Caught with the power failure, Rubinek is forced to take refuge with the super and the two experience quite an interesting evening in blacked out New York City. They leave with a much better understanding of one another. (Of course, Rubinek still can't wait to get out of the neighborhood the next morning.)

This movie turned out perfect. It had the rich point of view of an indie film, while it had a perfect cast and Hollywood standard of high quality footage. The characters are very believable in this movie, and the brilliant scenes were creating a great atmosphere of a Brooklyn block house and its surrounding. The streets were very alive and I haven't gotten bored for a single moment while watching this movie.Girls in the flick are beautiful and some even little 'hoochie', which makes them even more hot. Zoe Saldana, the beauty of Dominican origin and Susan Watson really shined in this movie. Also not well known Khalida Outlaw was great and Sara Pickett was a great discovery, which will hopefully be seen a lot in the future.The story is believed to be based on true characters and events. I don't want to spoil anything, but I can surely tell the movie graduates into very realistic drama events. There were comments like the whole building up characters gets them nowhere in the plot. That's absolutely not true. Each characters have a set of very own approach and perception of the reality that's going on. I recommend this film to anyone, and I'm rating it 8.

After seeing some good reviews on IMDb For this pointless waste of time i decided to watch it with a group of mates. BIG MISTAKE! I want my sat night back, but more, i want the trust i also lost with my friends back, as i will probably never be allowed to choose a movie again.Don't get me wrong, this movie looked pretty good at the start. Building up characters for the audience to slightly get connected to, Only to lead to absolutely nothing. I was expecting to see another LA riot. But what you get is about as exciting as the dramas in the Brady Bunch movie. This movie dragged on building up its climax only fizzel out just when things looked good. This would barely make it as a mid-day movie. It gets a 3 because the acting was pretty good. But having a black-out in your own home would be just as exciting.

Blackout is a movie about the blackout in New York that happened a couple of years ago. The movie provides a realistic image of what happened during the blackout and what could happen if you ever encounter a blackout in a similar neighborhood. The only reason why the viewer rating is not 8+ is because most people expect another violent gangster movie and it isn't. Watch this if you feel like watching New York reality-TV. The camera-views are good, the acting is very good and the sound is fine. The sound/music could use some tweaking here and there but it's not going to change the way you experience the movie.Everyone should watch this movie. Even if the topic doesn't interest you, the movie will have an effect on you and how you will react if similar problems occur in your life.