Red Tails

[Brian in Mesa]

Red Tails

Release Date: January 20, 2012
Studio: 20th Century Fox, Lucasfilm
Director: Anthony Hemingway
Screenwriter: John Ridley
Genre: Action, Drama, War
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for some sequences of war violence)
Website: RedTails2012.com

Starring: Cuba Gooding Jr., Terrence Howard, Bryan Cranston, Nate Parker, David Oyelowo, Tristan Wilds, Cliff Smith, Kevin Phillips, Rick Otto, Lee Tergesen, Andre Royo, Ne-Yo, Elijah Kelley, Marcus T. Paulk, Leslie Odom Jr., Michael B. Jordan, Jazmine Sullivan, Edwina Finley, Daniela Ruah, Stacie Davis, Gerald McRaney

Plot Summary: 1944. World War II rages and the fate of the free world hangs in the balance. Meanwhile the black pilots of the experimental Tuskegee training program are courageously waging two wars at once - one against enemies overseas, and the other against discrimination within the military and back home. Racial prejudices have long held ace airman Martin "Easy" Julian (Nate Parker) and his black pilots back at base - leaving them with little to do but further hone their flying skills - while their white counterparts are shipped out to combat after a mere three months of training. Mistakenly deemed inferior and assigned only second-rate planes and missions, the pilots of Tuskegee have mastered the skies with ease but have not been granted the opportunity to truly spread their wings.

Until now.

As the war in Europe continues to take its dire toll on Allied forces, Pentagon brass has no recourse but to reconsider these under-utilized pilots for combat duty. Just as the young Tuskegee men are on the brink of being shut down and shipped back home, Col. A.J. Bullard (Terrence Howard) awards them the ultimate chance to prove their mettle high above. Undaunted by the prospect of providing safe escort to bombers in broad daylight - a mission so dangerous that the RAF has refused it and the white fighter groups have sustained substantial losses - Easy's pilots at last join the fiery aerial fray. Against all the odds, with something to prove and everything to lose, these intrepid young airmen take to the skies in a heroic endeavor to combat the enemy - and the discrimination that has kept them down for so long.

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[jf-08]

Tuskegee Airmen redeux?

 

[Mathew81]

Tuskegee Airmen redeux?

Somehow I doubt it will be as good as that was

 

[Shane]

Tuskegee Airmen redeux?

Somehow I doubt it will be as good as that was

The trailers look really good. Wasn't Tuskegee airman about bomber pilots?

 

[Brian in Mesa]

The trailers look really good. Wasn't Tuskegee airman about bomber pilots?

The only ones that served in combat were the bomber escorts.

 

[Shane]

The only ones that served in combat were the bomber escorts.

Know it all!

 

[NJCardFan]

Somehow I doubt it will be as good as that was

Agreed. Tuskegee Airmen was a great, great movie. I'm a history buff so I'll see this anyway. Oh, Cuba was in Tuskegee Airmen as well.

 

[Mulli]

George Lucas told John Stewart "this is a close to Episode 7 as you are going to get."

 

[MadCardDisease]

This is what WWII would look like if it was rated PG.

A classic case of Hollywood gone wrong. Lucas throws in every cliche in the book. His characters are so predictable you know what will happen in the end to each and every one of them. The dialog was painful to say the least and felt forced and contrived. Cuba Gooding Jr. had a horrible role and looked like a fool trying to smoke that pipe in his mouth. Terrance Howard put in the best performance but even he wasn't able to save this movie. It's sad because this movie could have been so much better.

I'll admit that Lucas does know how to put together a good dog fight. The CGI is not that bad but I wish they had used more shots of real planes when possible. When they did use real planes it was after a battle and the looked like they had just came off the assembly line all shiny and new.

I'll also admit that this is what I expected going in based off the trailers that I saw. It's not a horrible movie but it is far from being a good movie.

It's so PG that I would consider bringing my kids to see it. In the end it's worth a matinee to see the dog fights on the big screen. Just don't expect any oscar worthy performances.

 

[azsportsfan01]

This is what WWII would look like if it was rated PG.

A classic case of Hollywood gone wrong. Lucas throws in every cliche in the book. His characters are so predictable you know what will happen in the end to each and every one of them. The dialog was painful to say the least and felt forced and contrived. Cuba Gooding Jr. had a horrible role and looked like a fool trying to smoke that pipe in his mouth. Terrance Howard put in the best performance but even he wasn't able to save this movie. It's sad because this movie could have been so much better.

I'll admit that Lucas does know how to put together a good dog fight. The CGI is not that bad but I wish they had used more shots of real planes when possible. When they did use real planes it was after a battle and the looked like they had just came off the assembly line all shiny and new.

I'll also admit that this is what I expected going in based off the trailers that I saw. It's not a horrible movie but it is far from being a good movie.

It's so PG that I would consider bringing my kids to see it. In the end it's worth a matinee to see the dog fights on the big screen. Just don't expect any oscar worthy performances.

This is what I am afraid off. If this movie fails it will become another piece to movies can't succeed with an all-black cast instead of just being a bad movie. You would think we could get past that but unfortunately we aren't there yet.