When you're the main man's significant other, you can sometimes have your own axe to wield as a result of that relationship. The phrase "First Lady" evokes that in our male-centric presidential politics, and it also translates accordingly to Dennis L. Reed II's hard-hitting and expertly-crafted urban drama of that same name.

This film has done exceedingly well as a high-grossing, grass-roots indie, infringing on the privileged and no-longer-exclusive territories of the old boy's club of major studio releases. It's clear how it's achieved that hard-earned traction, as the compelling Nicole "Hoopz" Alexander is big-time in both social media influence and acting prowess operating in the lead role. Her man meets an early demise as the film's inciting incident, and in her grief, she unwittingly falls for his killer in this terrific, modern adaption of the survival of the fittest tale.

The production value here does more to blur the line between indie and major studio product -- the film looks gorgeous and killer, and the sound is shrewdly and very intentionally designed to have a specific impact all its own. "First Lady" is compelling filmmaking, and ultimately proves itself as a fine piece of filmic storytelling.

I saw First Lady on a list of some of the most popular new films on Amazon Prime so I decided to check it out. This is an intense indie action/drama that hooks you in immediately. The main character Maria's man gets killed and everyone is trying to move in on his business and Maria herself, and all hell breaks loose. I can tell by the charts that I saw that this movie is really popular and I can see why. It's a low budget film but really impressive. Give it a watch!

The acting in this is AWFUL. Let me list a handful of the things that got on my last nerve.

-From the first scene on. The moment it started I was annoyed with Jim smacking his gum. Who chews their gum like a cow chewing cud in a movie scene. He's not even the only one that does it. There's multiple ppl.

-Then the audio was horrible. There are scenes that look like they shot it and forgot to turn the audio on so they had to add voice over for that 10 min scene.

-One scene Hoopz opens the screen and front door on a house. It was so obv the sound of the door was edited in it was ridiculous. It was like the sounds they use on a haunted house. The screeching door sound.

-The dude Patrick she goes on a date with, him trying to act all smooth is hard to watch. It doesn't look natural, at all.

-The closed captioning on this movie says *ngger isn't stead of *ngga. How do u not catch that?

I will say the longer the movie goes on the better job Hoopz does. Like she's getting more comfortable. But she def needs some more acting classes to not seem so stiff and like she's acting.