Beautiful, moving film.

Absolutely brilliant

This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

This is one of my favorite shows to watch on Tuesday nights. Rebel is a strong black woman. The cast members are phenomenal.However I think it touches on a lot of things going on in the world around us, like black crimes, homeless, domestic violence, racism, drugs and alcohol.. lack of education and good parenting...

Not an original idea, but refreshing visuals. Generally good performances, yes and their are some throwback similarities to 70's movies. Overall, Rebel is a good watch, better than a lot of the cop shows that flash across the screen these days. I'll certainly keep watching.

The description of the show is completely false. It says that main character "has always excelled by playing by the rules" and yet the show starts with her blatant brutality and misconduct (yes, I know it is forced on the viewer to accept this as something good, because the guy is a rapist, never mind that this makes her Judge Dread). So she is actually a dirty cop and judging by the comments of her coworkers, a racist dirty cop. How does that make any sense in the direction the writers wanted show to go? And then there is the shooting scene, where all the men in uniforms are portrayed as zombies that want to shoot a black person, even though the scene drags long enough and the suspense and the threat of danger completely dissolves in its own time, without any major problems. They are completely oblivious of the reality and just stay in the zombie mode, trying to kill, kill, kill,...like dogs seeing a squirrel.

I must admit that I was excited when I found out director John Singleton (Boyz in the Hood) was the creator of BET's new show 'Rebel' ~ and was also its director! Starring Danielle Mone Truitt as the title character: Oakland cop Rebecca 'Rebel' Knight, a black officer who finds herself in a profession plagued with police brutality and misconduct. In the harrowing pilot episode, Rebel's brother Malik (Mikelen Walker) is shot and killed by her partner (and former lover) Thompson 'Mack' McIntyre (Brandon Quinn), and is blamed for his death by her father Rene Knight (Mykelti Williamson). Adding to this stellar cast of actors is Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad) who plays Rebel's lieutenant, friend and mentor. The conclusion of the first episode leaves us with the disillusioned Rebel becoming a private investigator.Described as 'hard-hitting, gritty, complicated and morally ambiguous', 'Rebel' looks to be a compelling new TV show due to dealing with recent events involving the police and the African-American community.