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Red Tails (2012)

PG-13 01/19/2012 Drama, Action, Adventure, History, War 2h 5m
66%
User
Score
5.9/10
40%
46/100

High-Octane Action and Daring Dogfights!

Overview

The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during World War II.

Anthony Hemingway

Director

John Ridley

Story

Aaron McGruder

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Bryan Cranston

Bryan Cranston

Colonel William Mortamus

David Oyelowo

David Oyelowo

Joe 'Lightning' Little

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Major Emanuelle Stance

Daniela Ruah

Daniela Ruah

Sofia

Terrence Howard

Terrence Howard

Col. A.J. Bullard

Andre Royo

Andre Royo

Antwan 'Coffee' Coleman

Robert Kazinsky

Robert Kazinsky

Chester

Lee Tergesen

Lee Tergesen

Colonel Jack Tomlinson

Matthew Leitch

Matthew Leitch

Lt. David Long

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Media

Red Tails [Trailer 1] [HD] 2012

Red Tails [Trailer 1] [HD] 2012

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Reviews

A review by Per Gunnar Jonsson

Written on April 13, 2014

I have to say that I was a wee bit disappointed in this movie. I felt it was surprisingly mediocre and very “Hollywood”.

The good parts are the flight scenes and the special effects. They are enjoyable to watch and reasonably well done. However, that is pretty much what makes up this movie in terms of enjoyment.

I would say that a lot of it is not very realistic. The German anti-aircraft guns seems to be next to useless most of the time for instance. Also, there is the scene where a single P51, armed with nothing but machine guns, takes out an armed German warship in two quick runs. That felt quite unrealistic.

A lot of the film also felt too much like some Hollywood drama. Some of the pilots behave like morons and in real life they would have been shot down rather quickly. Th...

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A review by GenerationofSwine

Written on January 12, 2023

Yeah, I came into this long after seeing HBO's Tuskegee Airmen, which kind of stared everyone on earth and was brilliantly acted and had a great and compelling plot.

So this is kind of a bias review.

Compared to the HBO original movie, Red Tails has better special effects but that's about all. The story is worse, the plot is worse, the acting is worse. The history is worse, and I like to give movies a wide breath for artistic liberty.

It tells a love story instead of a Tuskegee Airmen story. It replaces drama with fx.

Walk away and dig up the HBO movie from the 90s....

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