Da 5 Bloods (2020)

Four Vietnam vets return to Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) to retrieve two things that they were forced to leave behind when their tours of duty ended.
Dir. Spike Lee has used film as political commentary for decades, but I feel obliged to stress that he uses uncensored footage of real world atrocities at the film's beginning (and later) in service of such, arguably blurring any 'objectivity' of the original capture. The remainder of the film gives admirable but unequal importance to a number of social and moral issues, but it's awkwardly stitched together a lot of the time. Between the joins are some scenes that bore and some that stand proud alongside his work of yesteryear. Without meaning to detract from the wonderful performances by the rest of the cast, Delroy Lindo's superb presentation of a man who's slave to his shifting moods is what I'll remember most about Da 5 Bloods.

3 screen ratios out of 5