Synopsis
The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during World War II.
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Cast
- Bryan CranstonColonel William Mortamus
- David OyelowoJoe 'Lightning' Little
- Cuba Gooding Jr.Major Emanuelle Stance
- Daniela RuahSofia
- Terrence HowardCol. A.J. Bullard
- Andre RoyoAntwan 'Coffee' Coleman
- Robert KazinskyChester
- Lee TergesenColonel Jack Tomlinson
- Matthew LeitchLt. David Long
- Michael B. JordanMaurice Wilson
Recommendations
- 70
Arizona Republic
Perhaps the movie's most surprising feat? Somehow, the darned thing mostly works, probably because its heart is in the right place. - 67
Entertainment Weekly
As long as it stays in the air, Red Tails is a compelling sky-war pageant of a movie. On the ground, it's a far shakier experience: dutiful and prosaic, with thinly scripted episodes that don't add up to a satisfying story. - 63
Chicago Sun-Times
Red Tails is entertaining. Audiences are likely to enjoy it. The scenes of aerial combat are skillfully done and exciting. - 63
Philadelphia Inquirer
There isn't a real, flesh-and-blood figure in the bunch. Everything about Red Tails - the breaking down of racial barriers, the military achievements, the courage and sacrifice - is diminished in the process. - 50
Chicago Tribune
Red Tails squanders a great subject, reducing the real-life struggles and fierce heroics of the Tuskegee Airmen to rickety cliche. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
Every character here is so squeaky-clean, and the prejudice as depicted is so toothless and easily overcome, that the film feels like a gingerly fantasy version of what, in real life, was an exceptional example of resilient trail-blazing. - 42
The A.V. Club
The aerial sequences look an awful lot like X-wing-versus-TIE-fighter battles and the effects have the same not-quite-solid feel of the Star Wars prequels. When the heroes crash, they go up in blazes of digital glory that seem just as artificial as the plotting that brought them to their fates. - 40
Time Out
So narratively old-fashioned it creaks.
