The Bonnie and Clyde concept has been tried time and time again in films, playing out over several different time periods, and in varying degrees from the comedic to the extremely violent. The new movie QUEEN & SLIM brings the idea into a more modern setting with Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner-Smith playing a man and woman thrown into a horrible circumstance when self defense goes wrong. There are certainly some interesting parallels to be drawn here with real life events we’re seeing on the news almost daily. Take a look at the trailer below and tell us your thoughts in the comments below.
While on a forgettable first date together in Ohio, a black man (Get Out’s Daniel Kaluuya) and a black woman (Jodie Turner-Smith, in her first starring feature-film role), are pulled over for a minor traffic infraction. The situation escalates, with sudden and tragic results, when the man kills the police officer in self-defense. Terrified and in fear for their lives, the man, a retail employee, and the woman, a criminal defense lawyer, are forced to go on the run. But the incident is captured on video and goes viral, and the couple unwittingly become a symbol of trauma, terror, grief and pain for people across the country.
As they drive, these two unlikely fugitives will discover themselves and each other in the most dire and desperate of circumstances, and will forge a deep and powerful love that will reveal their shared humanity and shape the rest of their lives.