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Rating: 6 stars

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Da 5 Bloods (2020)

Directed by Spike Lee

War | Drama

Overview

Four African-American Vietnam veterans return to Vietnam. They are in search of the remains of their fallen squad leader and the promise of buried treasure. These heroes battle forces of humanity and nature while confronted by the lasting ravages of the immorality of the Vietnam War.

Rated R | Length 156 minutes

Actors

Delroy Lindo | Jonathan Majors | Clarke Peters | Norm Lewis | Isiah Whitlock Jr. | Mélanie Thierry | Paul Walter Hauser | Jasper Pääkkönen | Johnny Trí Nguyễn | Lê Y Lan | Nguyen Ngoc Lâm | Sandy Huong Pham | Jean Reno | Chadwick Boseman | Ngô Thanh Vân | Nguyen Anh Tuan | Duc Luong | Quoc Tuan | Tran Minh Thuong | Hoang Sang | Thanh Van | Nguyen Bao Ngoc | Linh Huynh | Le Cuong | Nhu Thuc | Hung Cuong | Thuy Hong | Nhu Le | Ngoc Anh | Hawk Newsome | Adrienne J. Stowers | Tirina Simons | Kenda Roberts | Pernell Edward | Hanh Phuc | Chu Xuan Ai | Jordan Morgan | Alex Winters | Anton Patrynika | Casey Clark | Andrey Kasushkin | Suradet Dongthaisong | Nhut Linh | Phuc Pham Hoang | Quoc Toan | Xuan Thanh | Truc Linh | Nguyen Kim Dung | Nguyen Vu Truc Nhu | Taweesak Baoseehah | Surawan Satchukorn | Pichaiyut Jongjai | Chaiyos Chaiyosburana | Laersak Phusomjai | Amanda Nguyen | Devin Rumer | Rick Shuster | Alexander Winters | Mav Kang | Lyndon Johnson | Malcolm X | Ho Chi Minh | Richard Nixon | Donald Trump | Neil Armstrong | Martin Luther King | Muhammad Ali

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Viewing Notes

I haven’t watched any of Spike Lee’s more recent output to put this into context. I can say I loved the movie’s complex moral underpinnings and the way it grounds its characters within the black experience of both the late ‘60s/early ‘70s and our own time. Also, Delroy Lindo’s performance is outstandingly nuanced and tortured.

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