The score, by Howard Drossin, especially during the first half of the movie, is one of the worst I've heard. It's generic, doesn't match the tone of the scenes, is over the top, and at times feels more suited to a soap opera than this film. Whoever okayed it, Spike Lee or whoever else, needs a flogging. I legitimately thought I had another app open that was playing music. There are also a few edits that are poor including one where one second, Denzel, (if memory serves me correct), is seemingly in two places at once the way it's cut. The acting, particularly from the cop, Detective Higgins (played by Dean Winters), and the rapper, Yung Felon, (A$AP Rocky), is unconvincing and odd, as is the detectives' decision making. Detective Higgins also is an asshole from the start for no reason, but that seems to change somewhat at the end. They didn't need a rapper for the role of Yung Felon either. Just get someone who can act. The ease at which Felon was caught felt anti-climatic too. At it's core, the story is decent - the best scene is when David King (Denzel Washington) meets Felon in the recording studio - but it's undercooked and, my God, that score...
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