The Red Tails

A very Disney 2012 historical fiction telling part of the story of the 332nd U.S. Air Corp, aka the Tuskegee Airmen. Very Disney meaning that this is the story of racism and the brutality of war, and the total number of physical altercations is 1 and deaths is 2. I feel like I saw the words of the story, but not the emotion or even the facts. The words of this story follow a few airmen as they are stationed in Italy, and the missions they are given to fly are shooting down trains and trucks, but kept out of air battle. When they are given the opportunity fly fighter support for a bombing run, they are extremely successful and welcomed into the club. This narrative reinforces the idea of meritocracy, your value is based on your work and performance, which is a particularly insidious fallacy in this country. Overall, this was exactly what was expected and significantly lacking at the same time. Further disappointing in that it was released 16 years after another version The Tuskegee Airmen without adding anything.

3 stars (out of 5)