Black lives matter so this movie must be important

Rating: 2/10 (13 June 2020)

I watched Da5Bloods based soley on the accolades it's received from a few major publications, and while I appreciate the relevancy it holds to the current racial climate, I don't think it's very cool to laud a bad movie just because of said relevancy. If this movie had a white director at the helm, with a white cast, it would have been panned and forgotten. It's just that bad.
Other reviews will go into details on the inconsistencies and errors within the film, but all that stuff aside, what I found most unnerving is that these major publications blatantly discarded any attempt at an honest critique, just to conciliate a particular demographic, i.e. black people! So not only are we scared to admit that Da5Bloods is a gargantuan trainwreck of a film, but we'll ignore all faults altogether, just to avoid any uneasy racial turbulence. Sure, why not. Who cares.
So yeah, IMO most of Spike Lee's movies suck, and Da5Bloods is no exception. It's sloppy, poorly written, derivative, and badly executed. Not much more to say. If you're looking for a good American war-time gold heist film, Kellys Heroes or 3Kings are much better movies.
If you want to watch an artful and challenging film by a black filmmaker, then Steve Mcqueen is your guy. He's a vastly superior storyteller in every way.