Middle class, armchair revolutionary Spike Lee has made a didactic, bombastic and ultimately frustrating film that like Summer of Sam, Bamboozled and Chi-Raq feels out of control. Do the Right Thing has a strong directorial vision, She's Gotta Have It is an enjoyable and accomplished low budget film and after a cliched start, Malcolm X is compelling but, many of his subsequent films suggest that he's a one-trick pony and his talent falls short of his ambition. Da... is scattered, and discursive and seems less directed than thrown together. It's main characters, constantly in conflict with one other, become tiresome making the 2.5 hour running time feel punishing.
Review of Da 5 Bloods
