Da 5 Bloods - Reviews

In many ways, Gaye’s musical masterpiece is the thread that links the disparate time-frames of Da 5 Bloods, bringing past and present together.

...a fascinating, frequently gripping and powerful interrogation of the connection between American imperialism, anti-Black racism, and the widespread trauma of the country’s war-making.

For all its craziness, Da 5 Bloods finds an operatic anguish and yearning.

Is as much about the present as the past.

The picture, the script and director Lee all deserve nomination consideration, as does the lush and booming score by Lee’s longtime collaborator Terence Blanchard.

...it’s built with the precise, snap-shut mechanisms of an ancient moral fable – a Pardoner’s Tale made about and for unpardonable times.

...Spike Lee’s epic and introspective meditation on the Vietnam war, is another reminder of the filmmaker’s considerable storytelling skills irrespective of what genre he chooses to work in.

This director knows the power of captivating an audience so he can goad them into sticking around for his message.

Delroy Lindo... He carries the film with a burning intensity and ferocious anger demanding to be heard.

...Delroy Lindo's electrifying performance is reason enough to see this emotionally impactful film.

Spike Lee tackles black trauma, white saviourism and the ingloriousness of war in this searing Vietnam epic.

...har både excentriske og interessante touches, hvor man genkender auteuren Spike Lee...

Spike Lee undervisar, underhåller, berör och chockerar.

Spike Lees bombastiska och färgstarka nya film tar inga fångar och går fram som en oförlåtande bulldozer i den vietnamesiska djungeln...

Lee är en filmskapare som ofta gör film om samhälleliga frågor han brinner för - och Da 5 Bloods är inget undantag.