Red Tails

High octane and daring dogfights


Red Tails
Another ra-ra Go America war yarn from George Lucas, this time focusing on a relatively unknown squadron of Black American pilots operating in Italy. As the war continues to take its toll on Allied Forces in Europe, the Pentagon brass, desperate to protect their dwindling numbers of bombers look to an option previously considered unthinkable. At long last they give The Tuskegee Airmen the chance to prove themselves in battle and forever put to rest the misplaced belief that blacks lacked the courage, discipline and intelligence to be fighter pilots. Against all the odds, with something to prove and everything to lose, these young airmen take to the skies to show what they can do.

125 minutes.
No persons under 13 (Violence, Prejudice).
Action, Adventure, Drama, Period piece, War.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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Credits

Cast
Terrence Howard, Cuba Gooding Jr., Nate Parker, David Oyelowo, Tristan Wilds, Ne-Yo, Elijah Kelley, Marcus T. Paulk
Director
Anthony Hemingway
ScreenplayJohn Ridley, Aaron McGruder, from the book by John B. Holway
MusicTerence Blanchard
CinematographyJohn B. Aronson
EditingBen Burt, Michael O'Halloran
Sound formatsDolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, Datasat
SoundtrackAvailable
Made in2012
Produced byTwentieth Century Fox, LucasFilm, Partnership Pictures

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

GenreAction
LanguageLow to mild impact, infrequent
NudityNone
SexNone
ViolenceModerate impact, frequent
PrejudiceModerate impact, frequent
BlasphemyNone
Drug abuseMild impact, frequent
CommentsThis movie contains mature and complex themes about race relations, social cohesion and prejudice all within context and historical relevance.
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity
3
Violence
5
Blood / Gore / Gross
3
Guns / Weapons
5
Profanity
3
Alcohol / Drugs
4
Smoking
3
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude
5
Imitative Behaviour
3
Frightening / Tense Scenes
3
Jump Scenes
1
Tense Family Scenes
2
Music (Scary/Tense)
4
Music (Inappropriate)
0
Topics to talk about
4


Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Cape Argus / The Star
Theresa Smith quote iconFilm doesn't quite get off the ground.
5
Chicago Sunday Times
Roger Ebert quote iconRed Tails is entertaining. Audiences are likely to enjoy it. The scenes of aerial combat are skillfully done and exciting. It makes the point that the airmen were skilled and courageous, and played a historic role in the eventual integration of our armed services.
13
ScreenIt
C. Fuchs quote iconA film only produced by George Lucas but one that feels, looks and sounds a lot like a WWII version of Star Wars, in ways both good and bad.
6
Metacritic.com
32 critics
9
Rottentomatoes critics
126 critics
10
Rottentomatoes tomatometer
Tomatometer quote iconDespite a worthy fact-based story and obvious good intentions, Red Tails suffers from one-dimensional characters, corny dialogue, and heaps of clichés.
8
Movie Review Query Engine
MRQE critics quote icon
10

What the People say

Internet
21325 Netizens quote iconNot even worth a rental
12

Average .. 46%

9

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