 This time he gets a war film right That's a hot mug guys. Hey guys, this is my review for defy of bloods. This is the latest Spike Lee film that came out earlier in the year I've never got around to watching it until now because I'm trying to wrap up my best films of 2020 I can say that if this had been handled by any other director if this had been handled by any other Kind of production. I feel that this would be a complete and utter disaster really this feels like a Jigsaw puzzle from different puzzle pieces crammed together And it works Considering how mishmashed this film feels like in terms of concept and also just watching it as it's being put together as it's Playing out before you most of the time in the back of my brain I kept on thinking this shouldn't be working, but it is how is that possible? And I will say that it's really Spike Lee learning his lessons from Miracle at St. Anne, which was his first attempt at making a war film and honestly It's a terrible movie. It's a really really bad movie and keeping the trend that he kind of had with black KK Klansman Which I feel is a better movie than this film, but I can appreciate the ambition and the effort that he puts into this film It's about four Vietnam war vets who returned to this valley in Vietnam to one find their Sergeant who died in the valley as well as the gold that they have recovered and said they would come back for this film actually kind of reminds me Really really out there, but going back This is a Casper Van Dean movie that I watched with my dad back in 2000 and it was about these four Vietnam war vets returning to the area and just having all their PTSD and whatnot come out and really after watching that film every single Vietnam war movie about going back to the area I kept on referring to this film in the back of my mind No idea why but I find that that's a trait that is kind of reminiscent with other Vietnam war films No, I haven't seen the deer hunter yet And I admittedly should see that film because that's what a lot of people keep telling me to watch this movie had a cool premise in terms of Incorporating current-day politics incorporating the struggle of African-Americans all the way back from the first world war to The Vietnam war to now because Spike Lee's about that if you're not into that thing then just stay away from this movie I could say that you could watch this perspective because he gives a pretty good representation as well as Oddly enough dropping random history facts throughout the movie And there's a few times where I kept on thinking that I was watching a different version of the Ken Burns Vietnam War Documentary which I've already said you should watch it and I'm saying it again You should definitely watch that series if you're really weirded out by changing aspect ratios This movie does it in a way that kind of works Where it really shouldn't the film constantly switches back and forth between documentary real footage to HD footage to photos to make shift Documentary real footage when they go back to showing the soldiers fighting and showing Chadwick Boseman's character It refers back to documentary real-life footage and not only is that in the quality But it's also in how the shots are set. I would say 90% of them are Footage real like shots angles that I saw in the Vietnam War documentary series. There's maybe one or two that are a little bit over dramatic Particularly there's one that made me chuckle actually that wasn't supposed to make me chuckle But otherwise I think that this is a really cool attempt at putting you into this zone putting you into this Reliving history moment because when you go back to modern day It is the story of these four vets and how they have gotten along in life And how some of them just haven't at all Delroy Lindo's character Paul is a very very jaded character His performance in this film is amazing. He makes you hate him He makes you feel sorry for him and he makes you pity him because this is a guy who literally has nothing left for him except His own demons his demons have ruled his life and ruined his life and yet he can't accept that He's still holding on to it's someone else's fault when really it's his own demons that have been holding him back And on this trip to recover the gold They are kind of going back and forth between their PTSD between their own Kind of dislikes of each other as well as the Vietnamese people It's at the midway point that this film changes from a reconnecting with their past and reliving history To kind of a weird action movie, but kind of like a Clint Eastwood modern-day action film It's it almost is a bit unjarring how it just switches over to this But again, it works a lot better than it should and I think that's because of Spike Lee's direction with the film There's a random-ass monologue where Delroy Lindo just straight-up talks crazy to you directly to you for a good few minutes In the film and it's a monologue that people have been talking about and while I would say it's it's not as well Written as I think it is the intensity of it is Jarring it will pull you in it will make you forget you have anything else in your hands It will just Enrapture you and as messy as the film has been throughout the whole viewing experience The ending is just as messy characters die for the sake of dying I feel there's maybe a sense of loss for one of them But there's just some deaths that just happened for the sake of happening and that was my biggest issue With miracle at st. Anne aside from the length which this movie does have a little bit too long of a runtime I will admit that its runtime is very very long miracle at st. Anne had an atrocious runtime It had atrocious characters It also killed off everyone at the end of the movie almost for no other reason to just kill them And this movie has a similar problem, but it is thankfully a bit better It's it's a little bit more fluid and kind of makes more sense to the story even if it Doesn't as much as it should five Bloods is a Exceptional film considering it should be a piece of garbage in terms of how it was put together, but it's not it's really Decently constructed the editing while kind of all over the place and a little bit too long Is pretty well focused. I think the performances from everyone in this film is fantastic. It's It's really Really something to see Chadwick Boseman in this film considering the guy was dying literally dying from his cancer And he's so good in this film for the short amount of time he's in delroy lendo as I said very very good He should definitely get a oscar nomination. This is one of those jaded characters It reminds me of melissa leo from the fighter of all movies Because she's an absolute evil bitch in that film and delroy lendo is kind of in that same sort of category in terms of What his character is betraying? He also sweats a lot, but this movie was actually filmed in vietnam, which again Very cool to see that happen. I was kind of expecting studio stuff But it's it's filmed out there five bloods is definitely a spike lee fan enthusiast film If you like his work, you'll like this movie. It's better than most it's not as good as his best But it's still a very decent film. Um, I would say it's on the same kind of category of black kk Klansman It's definitely better at miracle at st Ann and in the end I'm gonna give The five bloods a five out of seven It's a lot better than it has any right to be considering how it's put together But that's probably one of the most interesting and most compelling factors of this film is that it's a lot better than it should be considering just how Weirdly put together it is. Anyways guys, that's all from me I hope you enjoyed this review if you did leave a like and if you're interested in more subscribe Otherwise, I'll see you guys next time. 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