Red Tails

Red tails is a movie that is about Black Americans flying sorties in World War II and the troubles that they encountered in order to do so.  This is a film by George Lucas and Lucas had a lot of difficulty in actually making this film.  The film was a few years in the making and was a challenge for Lucas to distribute due to a cast that was all black with no white main characters.  Lucas even put up some of his own money for distribution.

The movie itself is an action movie moves well and has a good story line.  The movie is about the Tuskegee Air men that became famous for their courage and their successes in the war.  It was believed that the black community could never do the things that these men were able to accomplish. 

The movie is a little on the inaccurate side when it comes to completely historical but what does one expect out of Hollywood.  There is a lot of high flying action, shooting and explosions.  The acting is pretty good.  Cuba Gooding Jr. actually finds his way to the silver screen, taking a break from his B movie career and actually getting back to the big budget movies.  Terrence Howard plays a good commanding officer, Col. Bullard. The rest of the cast are fairly unknown but they do a good job and keep one involved in the show.

I would recommend seeing this movie if you are into historical fiction or even war movies.  The fighting scenes can be pretty intense at times.  The aerial views are something alone to watch the movie for.  Dogfights are fun to watch and the bad guys do a great job of being the bad guys.  I don't recommend this one for the younger kids, maybe 9 or 10 and up due to some violence and loud noises but it is a good history lesson and a great lesson in tolerance as well.