Love the story potential, but artistic choices made this a hard watch

Rating: 3/10 (16 June 2020)

I really like the story and think it could have huge potential as a great film, but Lee's artistry falls flat here.
The main plot centers around four Vietnam war vets who travel back to Vietnam 40 years later to recover the remains of their squad leader, Norm, who was killed in battle.
The movie takes a long time to get going and when it does, there are way too many unnecessary plot points. The strangest thing thing and very distracting for me were the flashbacks and how they used the same actors with no attempt to make them look any younger. Also, one of the more gory scenes looked straight out of a Troma film.
I have been a big fan of Spike Lee and enjoy many of his movies, but this one is more than disappointing.