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Red Tails
Directed by
Anthony Hemingway
PG-13
2012
2h 5m
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5.9
40%
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A crew of African American pilots in the Tuskegee training program, having faced segregation while kept mostly on the ground during World War II, are called into duty under the guidance of Col. A.J. Bullard.
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Cast of Red Tails
Bryan Cranston
Colonel William Mortamus
David Oyelowo
Joe 'Lightning' Little
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Major Emanuelle Stance
Daniela Ruah
Sofia
Terrence Howard
Col. A.J. Bullard
Andre Royo
Antwan 'Coffee' Coleman
Robert Kazinsky
Chester
Lee Tergesen
Colonel Jack Tomlinson
Matthew Leitch
Lt. David Long
Michael B. Jordan
Maurice Wilson
Method Man
Sticks
Gerald McRaney
Lieutenant General Luntz
Matthew Marsh
Brigadier General Hauser
Barnaby Kay
Commanding General Westlake
Chris Riedell
Bomber Navigator
Leslie Odom Jr.
Declan 'Winky' Hall
Nate Parker
Marty Julian
Marcus T. Paulk
David 'Deke' Watkins
Kevin Phillips
Leon 'Neon' Edwards
Paul Fox
Miller
Lars van Riesen
Pretty Boy
David Gyasi
Corporal
Josh Dallas
Ryan
Okezie Morro
Jammer
Aml Ameen
Bag 'O Bones
Nathaniel Martello-White
Command Officer
Anthony Welsh
St. Lou
Rick Otto
Flynt
Rupert Penry-Jones
Campbell
Ryan Early
Bryce
Brian Gross
Lt. White
Ciarán McMenamin
Lowe
Matthew Alan
Pool Player
Michael Dixon
Lead Bomber Gunner
Paul Hampshire
German Ground Soldier
Leon Ockenden
Co-Pilot
Dan Hirst
German Ground Soldier
Mark Doerr
German POW Camp Commander
Richard Conti
German Guard
Philip Bulcock
Mission Captain
Dave Power
Prisoner 1
Sam Daly
Prisoner 2
Justin Irving
Air Controller
Tina D'Marco
Sofia's Mother
Jaime King
Axis Mary (voice)
Sam Kennard
Pilot Ben
Tristan Mack Wilds
Ray Gannon
Ne-Yo
Andrew 'Smokey' Salem
Elijah Kelley
Samuel ‘Joker’ George
Tommy Wright
Groundscrew (uncredited)
Red Tails Ratings & Reviews
Film.com
Eric D. Snider
Red Tails is better than nothing - but "nothing" isn't the other option. That HBO film is still out there, and Red Tails doesn't add to it or improve upon it.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Kevin C. Johnson
The battle scenes soar, thanks to top-notch and thrilling special effects. Quieter scenes give characters added dimension, such as those that address one officer's drinking problem.
leonardmaltin.com
Leonard Maltin
The story of the Tuskegee Airmen is one that every American should know, and deserving of a great film; unfortunately, this isn't it.
MovieFreak.com
Sara Michelle Fetters
Good intentions only get you so far, and while producer George Lucas' heart is in the right place that doesn't make his WWII aerial extravaganza Red Tails any less of a disappointment.
Beliefnet
Nell Minow
It has the best of intentions, an excellent cast, and thrilling battle footage. But the scenes on the ground are clunky.
Slant Magazine
Jesse Cataldo
Where Spielberg has made WWII a venue for his sanctimonious side, a platform to convince viewers that war is indeed hell, Lucas is still in a state of pre-adolescent fascination with the conflict.
Shockya.com
Perri Nemiroff
Two hours go by fast and don't leave you fuming for having wasted your time, rather feeling nothing at all - minus an overwhelming urge to slap that pipe from Gooding Jr.'s mouth.
Film Comment Magazine
Ina Diane Archer
One longs for more scenes between the ensemble on the ground, but the emphasis on aerial (and digital) technology leaves the characters without context.
TheWrap
Leah Rozen
Sadly, Red Tails tells its inspiring story in the most old-fashioned, Saturday-afternoon-at-the-movies kind of way. The movie occasionally flies but it never soars.
Dig Boston
Monica Castillo
It was a pretty fair movie (save for the weird zooming camera work that's become a trend-your movie feels dated five minutes after release).
Chicago Reader
Ben Sachs
This is so generic as storytelling that it fails even as a basic history lesson: it's hard to believe that the stock conflicts on-screen have any connection to real events.
Detroit News
Tom Long
The Tuskegee Airmen were serious heroes, on a number of levels. They deserve a serious movie. "Red Tails" is not that movie.
Washington Post
Mark Jenkins
The African American fliers' great achievement merits a great movie. "Red Tails" isn't it.
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
An inspiring, rousing tribute to the heroic, history-changing Tuskegee Airmen and World War II movies of the '40s, "Red Tails'' would probably be acclaimed as a minor masterpiece if it was directed by Quentin Tarantino.
CinemaBlend
Katey Rich
Wearing its heart and ideals on its sleeve, Red Tails is hard not to root for, but impossible to love all the same.
San Francisco Chronicle
Amy Biancolli
The Tuskegee Airmen, the trailblazing African American pilots who fought off segregation and Nazis during World War II, merit a great film. "Red Tails" isn't it.
USA Today
Claudia Puig
It's only half of a good movie. As soon as those dogfighting planes land, the story trips up by skimming the surface of history.
Movieline
Stephanie Zacharek
It's a shame the idea had to come from George Lucas, whose enthusiasm for his subject translates mostly into a peculiar strain of inept awkwardness.
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
"Red Tails'' has its moments. They've just gone too far in the other direction. The movie is so desperate to be palatable, to appeal to everybody that it doesn't taste like anything.
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
It's antiquated kitsch reprocessed by the producer's nostalgia for the movies of his boyhood.
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