By Russ Fischer/July 3, 2014 1:30 pm EST
Written and directed by 12 Years a Slave Oscar-winner John Ridley, this movie is more about Hendrix evolving as a person than it is an account of his life as a performer. It isn’t entirely satisfying, but it is different, and Benjamin’s performance is definitely worth a look. You won’t hear any Hendrix music in the film, but Ridley sidesteps that by using tunes that Hendrix played as he was starting up his own band.
