Deborah Ross

Messy but absolutely necessary: Da 5 Bloods reviewed

Even when Spike Lee is all over the place, he’s more interesting than most other filmmakers

Isiah Whitlock, Norm Lewis, Clarke Peters, Delroy Lindo and Jonathan Majors in Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods. 
issue 13 June 2020

Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods is about four African-American vets who return to Vietnam to locate the body of their fallen squadron leader, retrieve the gold they buried (hopefully), reflect on fighting for a country that didn’t care about them — ‘we fought an immoral war for rights we didn’t have’ — and avoid descending into madness and despair (also, hopefully).

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