Da 5 Bloods

2020

Action / Adventure / Drama / War

52
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 53% · 315 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 53% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.5/10 10 57171 57.2K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Spike Lee Photo
Spike Lee

Top cast

Delroy Lindo Photo
Delroy Lindo as Paul
Jean Reno Photo
Jean Reno as Deroches
Donald Trump Photo
Donald Trump as Self
Neil Armstrong Photo
Neil Armstrong as Self
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1.4 GB
1280*534
English 2.0
NR
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24 fps
2 hr 35 min
Seeds 10
2.88 GB
1920*800
English 5.1
NR
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24 fps
2 hr 35 min
Seeds 24

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by isaacsundaralingam 6 / 10

Spike Lee is both the best thing and the worst thing about this movie

There are enjoyable aspects to this movie, certainly... but as a whole, it feels disoriented. And I'd place the blame (and the credit) on director Spike Lee's directorial choices.An aspect of his directorial style I loved was the 4th wall breaking monologues as delivered by actor Delroy Lindo in the final act of the movie... It was a creative choice that I felt added more weight to the character. But then there are other aspects of Lee's style that just doesn't do it for me... And as was in his last feature BlacKkKlansman... he has a tendency to be overbearingly loud about his messaging when in fact he doesn't have to be. The historical contexts added into the movie (as displayed through a collection of images interrupting the flow of the movie) feel unnecessarily preachy in a script that has very little to do with any of it.Leaving all that aside, there's still a little charm left in the movie, courtesy of the chemistry the lead actors share on screen. And they all do a great job with the material handed to them, although I felt like the script they were working with could have been a little more accommodating to their talents. The script... although follows a very interesting premise, fails to meaningfully add any depth to it all.Overall, I'm not saying I hated it, but it's a movie that's very difficult to love. I have nothing but respect for Spike Lee as a director, but this just doesn't do it for me.
Reviewed by grinningelvis 6 / 10

Terrible film, great performances

Nothing about "Da 5 Bloods" works. Nothing. In fact, it's so arrogant in it's premise and execution that it almost pulls off a sort of B-Movie charm. Not a complement. Here's a bunch of great actors with plenty of scenery to chew up and a script that assumes a certain weight that it can't quite deliver. What's left is a laughably self-serious movie that looks like garbage, is filled with leaden emotions, and betrays a couple of veterans actors slumming for the privilege of working with the ultimate hot/cold writer-director.When Lee is on, he's one of the best filmmakers of the last fifty years - full of substance and style. But when he's off, you get overheated tripe like "Bloods" - a film that manages to be hilarious when it's supposed to be thinking, and deadly somber when we're supposed to be winking. Memorable only as a great misfire for everyone involved.
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