Unfortunate Sons

Rating: 5/10 (12 June 2020)

I'm mixed on this Spike Lee portrayal of Black Vietnam vets. Portraying Black veterans as criminally-minded opportunists does not resonate with my Vietnam experience with my Black brothers-in-arms who were some of the bravest and most patriotic veterans I know, even today. Spike Lee intentionally, or hopefully unintentionally, paints Black Vietnam vets with the broad brush of being morally vacant criminals. I realize this is just Hollywood entertainment, but Spike is tarnishing the excellent service records of all Black Vietnam veterans with this movie theme. Hope Spike makes another film depicting the REAL heroism of Black veterans someday.