Da 5 Bloods is the new Spike Lee joint starring Chadwick Boseman, Delroy Lindo, Clarke Peters and Jonathan Majors which follows Four African American vets battle the forces of man and nature when they return to Vietnam seeking the remains of their fallen squad leader and the gold fortune he helped them hide. The movie is an Netflix Original and a follow continue reading....
Da 5 bloods is an interesting take on the whole Vietnam or American war. It is expected as the director Spike Lee can be very vocal about Political subjects in his films. The film also plays with the genre of a war film being anti-war in many ways. This movie is definitely not Apocalypse Now or any continue reading....
As of 12th June Da 5 Bloods is rated 91% on Rotten Tomatoes and rightly so. The film is extremely warm and funny, sometimes violent. It is packed with an emotional gut punch and leaves you thinking when it completed it runtime of 2 and continue reading....
The DOP for the film Thomas Newton Sigel with Spike Lee deliver a movie which is gorgeous from the looks of it. The flashbacks are directed with 1:1 aspect ratios of earlier film camera whereas different aspect ratios are used to show continue reading....
The film seems to have a lot of parallel with what seems to be going on in the world right now. The film highlights a lot of black lives who have had achievements that have gone unnoticed. It makes a point out of the bigotry that runs through each Wars fought between nations. Through powerful clips of Muhammad Ali and Martin Luther King, it is tough to continue reading....
We at Movie Culture seem to have had a great time while viewing the film. The movie is a hot ride, gives a bit to cry for moments which are spread throughout the film. Although the film struggles to keep it’s story going in the third act but continue reading....