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Format: DVD
Release Date: 05-22-2012
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Product Name: Red Tails [DVD] [2012]
UPC: 024543791980
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Red Tails
A very underrated fighter pilot movie! It has great fighter pilot sequences, great action, great performances and great direction from Anthony Hemingway! Also a great looking Blu-Ray! If you love films like Top Gun and Flyboys, you’ll like this one!
In 1925, the US Army wrote that "coloreds" were incapable of anything technical, including advanced fighter aircraft, much less aerial combat. Their squadron took it upon themselves to disprove that statement by going head to head with the best fighter jocks in the Luftwaffe and showed the powers that be they were dead wrong about them. You get to know a number of their personalities, their quirks and foibles that come with being human. Having been an Avionics Technician in Carrier Airwing Light Attack, I empathized with their maintenance crew, especially the Crew Chief who was always being presented with a shot up airframe, and one time a piece of a train. Frustrated, he had to ask, "Did somebody throw a train at you?" There were those who called them uncomplimentary names at first, but by doing their job and keeping those men alive, the Red Tails gained the respect and admiration of many. Good movie.
