The trailer for Spike Lee’s upcoming Vietnam war movie “Da 5 Bloods” has been released by Netflix and the result is a collage of archival footage, music video, and story. The film is about Four African American veterans who return to Vietnam decades after the war to find a stash of buried gold, but you wouldn’t necessarily know it because the trailer is all about a certain mood: psychedelic chaos, baby.
This is Lee’s first film since the Oscar-winning “BlacKkKlansman,” it stars Delroy Lindo, Norm Lewis, Clarke Peters, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Chadwick Boseman, Jonathan Majors, and Paul Walter Hauser.
Here’s the synopsis:
From Academy Award® Winner Spike Lee comes a New Joint: the story of four African-American Vets — Paul (Delroy Lindo), Otis (Clarke Peters), Eddie (Norm Lewis), and Melvin (Isiah Whitlock, Jr.) — who return to Vietnam. Searching for the remains of their fallen Squad Leader (Chadwick Boseman) and the promise of buried treasure, our heroes, joined by Paul’s concerned son (Jonathan Majors), battle forces of Man and Nature — while confronted by the lasting ravages of The Immorality of The Vietnam War.
Let’s hope “Da 5 Bloods” represents the better side of Lee’s 21st-century output of films, which have been split into hitting the bullseye (“BlacKkKlansman,” “25th Hour,” “Inside Man,” “Bamboozled”) or savagely missing the mark (“Miracle at St. Anna,” “She Hate Me,” “Da Sweet Blood of Jesus”).
“Da 5 Bloods” premieres on Netflix June 12.