Romain Gavras is known for his great visuals and gruesome, but somewhat real depiction of violence, as it was previously critiqued in No Church in the Wild (Kanye West & Jay Z) and Born Free (M.I.A.) Music Videos. Gavras’ latest work, Athena 2022 does not disappoint, and from the very start we, as the audience, are dragged deeper and deeper into the Parisian slumps, where riots against police brutality and racial profiling quickly evolves into straight up terrorism. In other words, this film encapsulates a real issue that affects society nowadays, using parallelisms with other hate crimes around Europe and the US.