Da 5 Bloods
2020 · Movie · R · 155 min · ★ 6.4 · 87% critics
Four veterans return to Vietnam decades after the war, hoping to recover a fallen comrade’s remains and a stash they left behind. As they push deeper into unfamiliar terrain, old wounds resurface and the journey becomes a tense test of loyalty, survival, and what the war left behind.
Also known as Da Five Bloods
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Details
- Years
- 2020
- Release date
- 2020-06-12
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 155 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 87/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (1,169 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a war-era return journey that mixes camaraderie, moral questions, and bursts of violence, with an urgent social edge like BlacKkKlansman or Chi-Raq; Not for you if you dislike long, message-forward stories.
Pros: powerful lead performance; strong brotherhood themes; gripping jungle tension | Cons: overlong runtime; heavy-handed politics; scattered plot threads
Themes
- vietnam war
- vietnam veteran
- gold
- vietnam
- war veteran
- male friendship
- land mine
Awards & recognition
- National Board of Review Award — Best Film · 2020
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 2021 · nominated
Cast & crew
Delroy Lindo
as Paul
Jonathan Majors
as David
Clarke Peters
as Otis
Norm Lewis
as Eddie
Isiah Whitlock Jr.
as Melvin
Mélanie Thierry
as Hedy Bouvier
Paul Walter Hauser
as Simon
Jasper Pääkkönen
as Seppo Havelin
Johnny Tri Nguyen
as Vinh Tran
Lê Y Lan
as Tiên Luu
Directed by Spike Lee