History Film / Da5Bloods

* ArtisticLicense:SuckOutThePoison: Paul does this after being bitten by a snake after he abandons the group. It seems to work as he shows no ill effects afterwards. However the snake may have been non-venomous based on the bite marks shown on his arm. One could also interpret the bite as being all in his mind since he was already unstable and had gone through a pretty serious SanitySlippage

* ContrivedCoincidence: David randomly meets Hedy at a Vietnamese bar. Later, the Bloods encounter a landmine field, and Hedy's team is just a few hundred feet away from that precise landmine field at that precise time.

* ForWantOfANail: The present-day events are set in motion by a landslide uncovering the plane's tail section.

* SignatureStyle: As he has done in several other films, such as ''Film/MalcolmX'' and ''Film/BlacKkKlansman'', Spike Lee uses archival footage of historical events and speeches and ends the film with a montage of real people who weren't previously involved in the plot. He has a lot of shots of people [[BreakingTheFourthWall looking into the camera]], including a dolly shot where the subject seems to be floating forward.

The movie tells the story of “the Bloods”, comprising of Paul, Otis, Melvin, and Eddie, four veterans of UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar who return to the country decades later to retrieve the remains of their beloved squad leader, Stormin' Norman. The journey for Norman's remains is only part of it, however, as the Bloods also seek to discover a stockpile of gold bars that had been buried alongside him. They are soon joined by Paul's son David, who worries for his father's well-being as the group encounters activists, shady businessmen, mercenaries, and their own secrets on their quest for treasure.

* AngryBlackMan: Paul has a very confrontational and violent attitude which is explained as a result of his PTSD and [[spoiler:lingering guilt over accidentally killing Norman]].

* AsianBabymama: Otis reunites with Tiên, a Vietnamese woman he had a fling with during his tour. He meets her to discuss the man who wishes to buy the gold, and sure enough, she introduces him to Michon, her mixed race daughter. It doesn't take Otis long to put two and two together.
* AsianHookerStereotype: Tiên, the contact who helps the Bloods connect with Desroche, was a prostitute during the war who had a relationship with Otis (which ended up producing a daughter). She seems fairly well-off in present day but confides in Otis about the difficulty of living with the stigma of being a prostitute who serviced American soldiers, while also being the single mother of a black mixed-race daughter no less.

* HalfBreedDiscrimination: Michon, the daughter of Otis's former flame Tiên, is of mixed Vietnamese and black ancestry. [[{{AsianBabyMama}} It doesn't take Otis long to puzzle out who the father is.]] Tiên admits Michon had a very rough childhood, looked down on not only for being a mixed Black girl but also for very clearly being the result of [[AsianHookerStereotype Tien servicing American GIs.]]

* TokyoRose: In the flashbacks, the Bloods listen to a radio broadcast by Hanoi Hannah specifically targeted towards Black G.I.s like the Bloods. The program aims to get them to desert by pointing out they're risking their lives for a country that still has deep racial inequality. The Bloods learn about the MLK assassination this way and seem convinced by the propaganda.

* TheVietnamVet: All the Bloods are Vietnam veterans, and their memories of the war are of course central to the plot. Of them all, Paul best fits the stereotype, a ShellShockedVeteran who's suffering from PTSD and proudly wears veterans' insignia.

* MixedAncestry: Michon, the daughter of Otis's former flame Tiên, is of mixed Vietnamese and black ancestry. [[{{AsianBabyMama}} It doesn't take Otis long to puzzle out who the father is.]] Tiên admits Michon had a very rough childhood, looked down on not only for being a mixed Black girl but also for very clearly being the result of [[AsianHookerStereotype Tien servicing American GIs.]]

The movie tells the story of Paul, Otis, Melvin, and Eddie, four veterans of UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar who return to the country decades later to retrieve the remains of their beloved squad leader, Stormin' Norman. The journey for Norman's remains is only part of it, however, as the Bloods also seek to discover a stockpile of gold bars that had been buried alongside him. They are soon joined by Paul's son David, who worries for his father's well-being as the group encounters activists, shady businessmen, mercenaries, and their own secrets on their quest for treasure.

The movie tells the story of Paul, Otis, Melvin, and Eddie, four veterans of the Vietnam War who return to the country decades later to retrieve the remains of their beloved squad leader, Stormin' Norman. The journey for Norman's remains is only part of it, however, as the Bloods also seek to discover a stockpile of gold bars that had been buried alongside him. They are soon joined by Paul's son David, who worries for his father's well-being as the group encounters activists, shady businessmen, mercenaries, and their own secrets on their quest for treasure.

The movie stars Creator/DelroyLindo, Creator/ClarkePeters, Creator/NormLewis, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Mélanie Thierry, Creator/JonathanMajors, Paul Walter Hauser, Jasper Pääkkönen, Johnny Trí Nguyễn, Jean Reno, Lê Y Lan, Creator/NgoThanhVan, and Creator/ChadwickBoseman. The movie was released on Netflix on June 12, 2020. The trailer can be seen [[https://youtu.be/D5RDTPfsLAI here]].

The movie stars Creator/DelroyLindo, Creator/ClarkePeters, Creator/NormLewis, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Mélanie Thierry, Creator/JonathanMajors, Paul Walter Hauser, Jasper Pääkkönen, Johnny Trí Nguyễn, Jean Reno, Lê Y Lan, and Creator/ChadwickBoseman. The movie was released on Netflix on June 12, 2020. The trailer can be seen [[https://youtu.be/D5RDTPfsLAI here]].

* ShoutingShooter: The Bloods mourn the death of Martin Luther Kind Jr. by screaming and shooting their rifles into the air in unison. It plays out like a parody of the trope.

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: In his last moments, [[spoiler:Paul finally comes to terms with accidentally killing Norman during the war after the vision of Norman forgave him. Not long after that, he got captured by the mercenaries but refused to disclose the location of the rest of his friends to the very end, buying them enough time to set up an ambush and give them a higher chance of survival.]]

'''Da 5 Bloods''' is a 2020 [[MilitaryAndWarfareFilms war]] / adventure [[InsistentTerminology joint]] by Creator/SpikeLee, with a screenplay by Lee and Kevin Willmott (''Film/{{Blackkklansman}}''), from an original screenplay by Danny Bilson and Paul [=DeMeo=] (''Film/TheRocketeer'').

* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler:[[SecretlyDying Paul has cancer]] but refuses treatment, [[FaceDeathWithDignity preferring to die on his feet in the jungle]] [[UndigifiedDeath rather than slowly on a hospital bed]].]] [[spoiler:He gets his wish.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Paul, Melvin and Eddie are killed, and David is never able to fully reconcile with his father. However, Desroche and his men are wiped out, the money from the gold goes to various good causes, Otis formally reunites with his daughter Michon, and David gets some closure from a letter Paul left him.]]

* TokyoRose: In the flashbacks, the Bloods listen to a radio program hosted by an attractive Vietnamese woman who brings them news from home designed to encourage them to desert. They learn about MLK's assassination this way, and seem to take the propaganda to heart.