The past is prologue as Lee burns the demoralizing legacy of Nam. The filmmaker has a legit gripe against the white face Hollywood puts on war. And in adapting a script about white soldiers by Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo thats Oliver Stone was originally slated to direct, Lee and frequent co-writer Kevin Willmott make sure to divest the film of whitewashed myths about heroism.
With the help of vibrant location shooting in Thailand and Vietnam from the superb cinematographer Newton Thomas Sigel and an evocative score by Terence Blanchard that ups its resonance with soulful cuts from Marvin Gaye’s seminal 1971 album “What’s Going On,” Lee sets the scene. “It’s a stone-cold trip being back here in country,” says Eddie. It’s also traumatic, and the film makes you feel it.
What are they hiding? Do the bloods have more selfish motives then recovering Norman’s bodily remains for a hero’s burial? Near their leader’s grave, recently revealed by satellite photos, lies a hidden chest of gold bars that Uncle Sam was using to pay indigenous people to fight the V.C.
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It’s awful
What! This film was terrible. Spike had an amazing opportunity to make an epic film about black vietnam veterans, but he decided to make it JOKEY.
Not at all such a lie
Da Five Bloods against old white ladies, their gonna attack from the moon, but Five Bloods from space have tomato launchers are gonna counter attack...and world will be saved from vicious Karens in Da Five Bloods da movie.
This is a Must watch Chale
Found out that 2 of the 4 were draft dodgers (Isiah Whitlock Jr and Peter Clarke/Clarke Peters). 2 couldn’t have gone to Vietnam; Brit actor (Delroy Lindo), the other (Norm Lewis) was too young (10yrs old in 73). Peter Clarke changed his and moved to Paris in 1971, chased by FBI
Getting ready to watch why wasn’t Wesley Snipes in this movie 🤷🏽♀️
You missed the racist depiction of modern Vietnam?
People really be sleeping on Dead Presidents. Damn shame because that’s a fantastic movie.
Here’s a review of Da5Bloods
No, if it mentions mistreatment of blacks it is wiped from history .... remember ?
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