Our review will have some spoilers so please forgive us but, we saw Red Tails had great potential however it really fell flat. The story of the Tuskegee Airmen is one story that is based on true events so how did the writers screw this up? The 1995 film produced by HBO was a lot better and more accurate, Red Tails was horrible and we were sadly disappointed.
Let’s start with what got out dander up, the Red Tails story was basically set around historical fact but, when it showed the underlying love story between a Black American Pilot and a White Italian Woman the story there lost credibility, because during the WWII the racism which we knew was rampant at that time would have made this impossible especially since there are scenes in which they walk by White Officers hand in hand.....WTF? Really? We know that we have come a long way in fight against racism however since this film set is in the 1940’s the writers should have tried to keep this accurate no matter how distasteful it might have been and honestly that was the interesting part of the film. The Dogfights looked like a video game which took us completely out of the film. Red Tails does a disservice to the Tuskegee Airmen and the sacrifices they made. What a waste of good...No great subject matter. In our opinion like our mantra says we pay to see the movies we review and we wanted our money back. This movie is a definite wait for cable or if your extremely board.
Starring:
Terrance Howard
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Director:
Anthony Hemingway
Writers:
John Ridley & Aaron McGruder
Producer:
George Lucas
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