Red Tails (2012)

I'm a sucker for war-action films. They're part historical drama, part escapist explode-a-thon where you almost forget the tragedies that war creates. "Red Tails", for the most part, was did that. It does manage to fall into every cliche that can be thrown into a two hour action flick, and the acting does leave much to be desired. What it does have is a lot of heart, and the want to be a better film. Honestly, you can see the movie it should have been shimmering through during some of the well edited dogfights. I wanted to be a lot more enthralled with this film, but director Anthony Hemingway couldn't seem to accomplish what he set out for with John Ridley's script. Even after "The Boondocks" creator, Aaron McGruder, did some revisions.

Grade: C+

Starring: Nate Parker, Tristan Wilds, Elijah Kelley
Director: Anthony Hemingway
Writer(s): John Ridley and Aaron McGruder - Book: John B. Holway
RT: 120 min
Rating: PG-13 for some sequences of war violence