Red Tails

The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during World War II.

Cast

Bryan Cranston

as Colonel William Mortamus

David Oyelowo

as Joe 'Lightning' Little

Cuba Gooding Jr.

as Major Emanuelle Stance

Daniela Ruah

as Sofia

Terrence Howard

as Col. A.J. Bullard

Andre Royo

as Antwan 'Coffee' Coleman

Robert Kazinsky

as Chester

Lee Tergesen

as Colonel Jack Tomlinson

Matthew Leitch

as Lt. David Long

Michael B. Jordan

as Maurice Wilson

Reviews

Per Gunnar Jonsson

I have to say that I was a wee bit disappointed in this movie. I felt it was surprisingly mediocre and very “Hollywood”. The good parts are the flight scenes and the special effects. They are enjoyable to watch and reasonably well done. However, that is pretty much what makes up this movie in ter...

GenerationofSwine

Yeah, I came into this long after seeing HBO's Tuskegee Airmen, which kind of stared everyone on earth and was brilliantly acted and had a great and compelling plot. So this is kind of a bias review. Compared to the HBO original movie, Red Tails has better special effects but that's about all....

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