Meredith Woerner Deputy Editor, Variety.comSpike Lee’s “Da 5 Bloods” captured a critical point of view lost from film. After decades of producing blockbuster war stories and award-winning battle scene epics, the story of the Black Vietnam veteran has been largely neglected by Hollywood.Lee’s Netflix film changed that by putting the story of four 60-something veterans reuniting in Vietnam under his lens.
After years of distance the men return to the wilderness to honor their fallen squad leader (Chadwick Boseman) and uncover the gold they buried decades ago.
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