Spike Lee has been my favorite director since 'Do the Right Thing'...

Rating: 9/10 (12 June 2020)

...before that, Stanley Kubrick, another director with a style all his own. With 'Da 5 Bloods' Brother Lee presents all of his cinematic flourishes in spades and I love it. Love the names of each of the leads, taken from the Motown act, The Temptations (a play on aspects of the storyline perhaps?) and the near complete Marvin Gaye "What's Going On" Lp as background sounds. Beautifully shot and well acted, there's little for me not to like. Some may think the Black history lessons running throughout the film are a bit much, and I can dig that, but I'm glad Spike hits us, the viewers, over the head with our history. We keep seeming to forget it.