A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in Chicago.
Spike Lee's update of the Greek comedy Lysistrata is a shattering, thunderous wake-up alarm - a call to lay down arms aimed at the gun culture, the gang culture, the government and a society that doesn't always care about killings as long as those killings are taking place OVER THERE. - Three and a half stars