Red Tails

I went to go see the movie Red Tails today. Over all I will give 3.5 stars out of 5. I liked the movie in general but I had a few issues with a few things.

First the character that Ne-Yo played "Smokey" reminded me so much of the same character that he played in Stomp The Yard "Rich Brown" which just goes to show that when he has to act in a bigger role in a movie such as this where it is a time period piece he is not really up to the challenge. I think that he and Kevin Phillips who played "Neon" should have switched rolls. That is something that I think could have have made the movie a little bit better because Ne-Yo's acting is just sub par. Kevin Phillips is probably best known for his role in the movie "Pride" which also starred Terrence Howard and Nate Parker.

Some of the language was very corny and it was also very inconsistent. The language in the movie appeared to be a mix on today's slang and content and things that were actually being said in the 1940's.

There were small things that I did notice like Method Man's tattoo that should have been covered with some type of make-up even though he had on long sleeves in every scene that he was in he wasn't standing still the entire time that he was on camera and they could be seen every now and then.

I think that Terrence Howard has a limited range on emotion because I swear he is the same person in all of his movies, he looks good but he is still the same person.

All in all I would recommend that everyone go and see this movie, but also check out The Tuskegee Airmen which was an HBO movie that came out in 1995. In where I think the acting was a little bit better.

But I was very happy to see this movie have a big opening weekend and hopefully this will show Hollywood that an all black cast can bring people out even if there is no old grandma yelling at all of the children to get right. I mean there were SEVERAL all black movies in the 90's and early 2000's and they just all disappeared with the arrival of the blockbuster summer flicks.


This is just my .04 cents


Until Next Time......


Peace & Many Blessings