Cassius Green (Lakeith Stanfield) is living in his uncle’s garage struggling to make ends meet. But when he gets a job at a telemarketing firm and adopts his “white guy voice” things start to look on the up. Until that is, he witnesses the lengths to which capitalism will go to for the almighty dollar and how far he will sell his soul for it.

Written and directed by Boots Riley as his debut feature this is a searing attack on capitalism and an art film with bite. Covering modern day slavery via lifetime contracts, unionising and extreme lengths to optimise the work force you might think this would be weighty and dull. But Riley injects humour and passion to create an intriguing story.

It isn’t without its flaws though. After a fantastic opening third it stalls slightly for the middle segment before warping into something wild and ridiculous to really make its point. A superb central performance from Lakeith Stanfield holds everything together along with good support from Tessa Thompson and Armie Hammer.