Review of Red Tails (2012) by Colin L — 27 May 2012
The black characters are boarderline Tyler Perry-types, but this isn't a Tyler Perry movie (thank god). The actors portraying these black pilots do a good job, but they're too sincere to be believable. It's almost painful to watch a war movie and not have any cuss words. It's like watching a made for tv Disney movie about the Tuskegee Airmen. I mean the guy who played 'Major Dad' is even in the fucking movie! Give me a break!
What Michael Bay did for 'Pearl Harbor', George Lucas does for the Tuskegee Airmen. The dialogue that spouts from the characters mouths are full cliches and yes the characters themselves are stereotypical. To add insult to injury, they actually try to piece together some kind of "character development" scenes. They don't do anything except keep the film down until it's time for them to fight.
This is film purely based on dogfighting. The aerial battle scenes are what this film is only about. To watch this movie on that alone really isn't bad. If you can get through it's flaws then those awesome battle scenes will surely do the trick. Otherwise, go play a video game.
This review of Red Tails (2012) was written by Colin L on 27 May 2012.
Red Tails has generally received mixed reviews.
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