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Da 5 Bloods

  • 2020
  • R
  • 2h 34m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
53K
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Da 5 Bloods (2020)
From Academy Award Winner Spike Lee comes the story of four African-American Vets — Paul (Delroy Lindo), Otis (Clarke Peters), Eddie (Norm Lewis), and Melvin (Isiah Whitlock, Jr.) — who return to Vietnam. Searching for the remains of their fallen Squad Leader (Chadwick Boseman) and the promise of buried treasure, our heroes, joined by Paul's concerned son (Jonathan Majors), battle forces of Man and Nature — while confronted by the lasting ravages of The Immorality of The Vietnam 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.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.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
  • Writers
    • Danny Bilson
    • Paul De Meo
    • Kevin Willmott
  • Stars
    • Delroy Lindo
    • Jonathan Majors
    • Clarke Peters
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.5/10
    53K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Spike Lee
    • Writers
      • Danny Bilson
      • Paul De Meo
      • Kevin Willmott
    • Stars
      • Delroy Lindo
      • Jonathan Majors
      • Clarke Peters
    • 868User reviews
    • 265Critic reviews
    • 82Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 41 wins & 198 nominations total

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    Delroy Lindo, Norm Lewis, Clarke Peters, Isiah Whitlock Jr., and Jonathan Majors in Da 5 Bloods (2020)
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    Delroy Lindo
    Delroy Lindo
    • Paul
    Jonathan Majors
    Jonathan Majors
    • David
    Clarke Peters
    Clarke Peters
    • Otis
    Norm Lewis
    Norm Lewis
    • Eddie
    Isiah Whitlock Jr.
    Isiah Whitlock Jr.
    • Melvin
    Mélanie Thierry
    Mélanie Thierry
    • Hedy
    Paul Walter Hauser
    Paul Walter Hauser
    • Simon
    Jasper Pääkkönen
    Jasper Pääkkönen
    • Seppo
    Johnny Tri Nguyen
    Johnny Tri Nguyen
    • Vinh Tran
    • (as Johnny Trí Nguyen)
    Y. Lan
    • Tiên Luu
    • (as Lê Y Lan)
    Lam Nguyen
    Lam Nguyen
    • Quân
    • (as Nguyen Ngoc Lâm)
    Sandy Huong Pham
    • Michon
    Jean Reno
    Jean Reno
    • Desroche
    Chadwick Boseman
    Chadwick Boseman
    • Stormin' Norman
    Veronica Ngo
    Veronica Ngo
    • Hanoi Hannah
    Anh Tuan Nguyen
    Anh Tuan Nguyen
    • Chavy
    • (as Nguyen Anh Tuan)
    Duc Luong
    • Bao
    Quoc Tuan
    • Tam
    • Director
      • Spike Lee
    • Writers
      • Danny Bilson
      • Paul De Meo
      • Kevin Willmott
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    • Trivia
      The five "Bloods" seen throughout the movie in present-day scenes are named Paul, Melvin, Otis, Eddie, and David. These are also the individual names of the five members of African American vocal group The Temptations. Their fallen "Blood", who was the leader and inspiration for the others during their days in the Vietnam War, was named Norman. Songwriter Norman Whitfield produced virtually all of The Temptations' music during their time at Motown Records during the '60s and '70s.
    • Goofs
      The amount of gold in their backpacks is much too heavy to be carried and tossed around as shown in the movie.
    • Quotes

      Melvin: Sheeeeeeeeit!

    • Connections
      Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: At Home Edition: John Oliver/Spike Lee/Benee & Gus Dapperton (2020)
    • Soundtracks
      Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
      Written by Marvin Gaye (as Marvin P. Gaye) and James Nyx

      Performed by Marvin Gaye

      Courtesy of Motown Records

      Under License from Universal Music Enterprises

    User reviews868

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    5/10
    overrated by the media critics
    On Metacritic it's labeled with "must-see" with currently 8,2 stars by 47 critics total.

    Well, what a let down.

    The importance of the topic is undeniable. There are some good ideas, legendary, beautiful music by Marvin Gaye and a great cast creating a few touching and funny moments.

    Nonetheless the story feels too chaotic to be called outstanding! What's going on?! There are some cringe worthy, unnatural conversations, some Tarantino'ish bloodbaths and an Indiana Jones-like gold hunt, not in a good way. Also there is plenty of more or less known historical footage pressed in often too hasty, so it is necessary to pause every now and then to be at least able to read the text. I find this technique of film making for a fictional story quite lazy, especially if it's used so excessively often. (Other than with documentaries) It's too easy to make a film catchy by using real, uncensored footage of brutal events like executions.

    At least I watched the whole movie, but not at once. Needed a break in-between.

    In general I love the older Spike Lee's. After a long time and the high praise of the media I just expected a more genuine, profound, realistic, if too still artistic approach to this important topic.

    Concluding the only clever and genuine thing were the scenes, which looked like flashbacks, just with the same old characters playing themselves at war back then...first it felt strange, but I interpreted it as dream sequences caused by PTSD. If it is so, I don't know.
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    • Jun 19, 2020

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    • Is it coincidental ( I doubt it....) that 5 of the main characters are named after the original Temptations?

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    • Release date
      • June 12, 2020 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Languages
      • English
      • Finnish
      • French
      • Vietnamese
    • Also known as
      • 5 Chiến Hữu
    • Filming locations
      • Chiang Mai, Thailand
    • Production companies
      • 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks
      • Rahway Road Productions
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 34 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Atmos
      • Dolby Digital
      • Dolby Surround 7.1
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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