Da 5 Bloods

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Da 5 Bloods

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2020

2h 35m

Drama

War

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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.

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Fierce energy and ambition course through Da 5 Bloods, coming together to fuel one of Spike Lee's most urgent and impactful films.

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Kaleem Aftab

Sight & Sound

Da 5 Bloods is quite some undertaking. By and large Lee succeeds, even if along the way the story hits some cul-de-sacs...

Jan 27, 2021

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Robbie Collin

Daily Telegraph (UK)

From its sweeping jungle vistas to its full-fat orchestral score from Terence Blanchard, Da 5 Bloods often feels like an old-fashioned Hollywood adventure. But reality keeps pushing its way through in ways that can't be ignored.

Rated: 4/5

Nov 26, 2020

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Jocelyn Noveck

Associated Press

By the end, you'll be spent, dazed, perhaps even confused - but stunned, too, at the audacity of it all and the feeling that it is, so unequivocally, the right movie at the right time.

Rated: 3.5/4

Nov 13, 2020

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Joonatan Itkonen

Toisto.net

It’s the second masterpiece from a great American poet in just two years, and one of the best films about The American War ever made.

Rated: 5/5

Jul 6, 2024

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Dave Giannini

InSession Film

Spike Lee has done it yet again. The man has made a lot of great movies and this is top tier Spike. He clearly trusts his actors completely and it shows in the performances here.

Feb 23, 2024

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Greg Carlson

Vague Visages

One of the most effective storytelling strategies in Spike Lee's Da 5 Bloods is the application of the simple and elegant dichotomy.

Feb 7, 2024

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Audience Member

Great film. Don't know how you couldn't like this. Action, drama, history, adventure, comedy. Implemented seemlessly

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/01/25

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James A

Is it a comedy? A drama? A mess? All of the above. I watched the film and was completely confused about what the plot was so I just reread the Wikipedia summary of the film and now I am more confused than ever. Spike Lee tries to pack so much into his films that they can be hard to follow. (I'm still trying to decide whether Mookie in "Do The Right Thing" started the riot intentionally or saved Sal's life by smashing the window so the crowd would attack the pizzeria instead of Sal.)

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/03/25

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Jay O

struggled to watch and I love Spike lee movies

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

12/28/24

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Nick R

It's definitely not for everyone and it does miss a few important movie beats. But 'Da 5 Bloods' is still an excellent film with great performances and tense moments.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/11/24

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Michael P

Is this an important movie and did this movies story need to be told - 100%. Was this movie for me, no, not really. I enjoyed parts of it and the sum of the parts worked but some of those parts felt like they took away from the flow of the movie to preach to you instead of letting the story do the preaching. I think Spike Lee is a fantastic director and Delroy Lindo gave a masterful performance but the first half of the movie dragged a bit and the preaching took away from the flow and so it felt longer but that last hour or so were fantastic

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/05/24

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Lewis T

It was a good story but I don't think spike lee realized what he did to my dad when we watched that,my dad is a social worker he works down town cincinnati and when my dad saw that stilled image of that dead kid in the middle of the movie it effected my dad's ptsd the ironic thing is that the movie had topics of Ptsd but spike lee didn't consider what his viewers have went through, also want to point out that he didn't worn us there where going to be that kinda imagery because it made me stop watching the movie because it made me disturbed and lost interest in the story and it made my dad upset because he experienced something so similar

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

07/29/24

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Synopsis

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.

Director: Spike Lee
Producer: Spike Lee, Beatriz Levin, Lloyd Levin, Jon Kilik
Screenwriter: Danny Bilson, Spike Lee, Kevin Willmott
Production Co: 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, Rahway Road Productions
Rating: R (Grisly Images|Strong Violence|Pervasive Language)
Genre: Drama, War
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 13, 2020
Runtime: 2h 35m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos

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