Review: Da 5 Bloods


Review: Da 5 Bloods

Hello, Everybody! I'm Santiago Brion, an here's my blog post! Today I reviewed Spike Lee's latest directorial feature, Da 5 Bloods. 

Spike Lee's 23rd joint, Da 5 Bloods follows four African-American Vietnam war veterans who travel to Vietnam in search of the body of their war body and to find the gold at a platoon where they once fought. 

This movie was nothing short of amazing! It had heart, ambition, great performances(particularly from Delroy Lindo) and fierce energy. It had a witty script, a perfect musical score by Spike Lee's longtime collaborator composer, Terence Blanchard, beautiful cinematography and great social commentary on the Black Lives Matter movement. It was released just at the right time due to the recent BLM protests. THIS WAS PURE SPIKE LEE!! I'm talking fourth wall breaking monologues from a protagonist, photographs and African-American recognition. It's runtime is 2 and a half hours, but it's soo worth your time. 

I really hope Delroy Lindo gets into the award conversation because his performance was something else. OH MY GOD. I couldn't breathe. He was soo good! Isiah Whitlock, Jr., Clarke Peters and Jonathan Majors should also get into the Supporting Actor Award conversations. 

I'd give this... 5 out of 5 stars.

Next time, I'll rank all of Spike Lee's joints. Which I'll get done by next week.

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