Tuskegee Airmen. World War II. Awe-inspiring airfights. You know what that means; time to ogle men in uniform, amIright?
George Lucas revisits his well-known love of classic war-genre feats of awesome in Red Tails, a story about the amazing pilots of the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group (aka The Tuskegee Airmen). It’s a real-life story about how honor, duty and fearlessness knows no color. Unfortunately, Lucas doesn’t seem to have any interest in creating fully fleshed characters or believable dialogue, and instead relies on cheap sentiment, cliches and rushed direction so he can scoot over to Skywalker Ranch and play with his CGI. That it’s a beautiful film can’t be denied, but the Tuskegee Airmen, and this movie, deserve better.
