Red Tails
United States
2012
125 Min
Color
2.35:1
English
Synopsis
The 332nd Fighter Group, an all-black World War II unit made up of the best escort pilots and known as the Red Tails, fights racism at home while fighting the Nazis abroad in this action-packed drama based on the true story of the Tuskegee Airmen.
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The Forbidden Douchebag
19Feb12
It's WWII dogfights and it's story based off the Tuskegee Airmen sound good on paper, but it's stilted execution makes the pilots rather indistinguishable (and rather wooden and dull regardless) and it's pacing seem rather uneven. I wouldn't consider "Red Tails" to be terrible, just incredibly lacking in any real energy and motivation.
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Seth Farmer
9Feb12
Cool action. That's about it. It's basically one of those old WWII propaganda features that they used to play before the movies... except it actually is a two hour movie. A gimmick stretched to its max, but still cool in its own way.
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Seth Farmer
9Feb12
Oh, and there was some pretty serious issues with all the green screen. Fake lighting looks fake and will always look fake. Filmmakers should stop going for it.
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Seth Farmer
9Feb12
Oh, and another thing: there are a lot of strangely endearing references to the original Star Wars in this movie... but, since Star Wars was inspired by tons of WWII iconography in the first place it's, like... the circle is now complete? ._.
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Didn't hate it. Didn't love it. Wish it were better.
By Michael Harbour on March 7, 2012
A good story told moderately well. Too much reliance on stereotypes in an attempt to differentiate the pilots but most of the actors do a creditable job giving those stereotypes a bit of extra life… read review
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By MR. Universe on January 26, 2012
A crew of African American pilots in the Tuskegee training program, having faced segregation while kept mostly on the ground during World War II, are called into duty under the guidance of Col. A.J… read review
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