There’s so many references to other movies here, but the thing that holds the film together are the many compelling metaphors between the struggles of African Americans and the American invasion of Vietnam. Delroy Lindo does a really good job. Once they are actually in the woods the film really picks up, but overall I thought there was about 45 minutes that could have been removed. It ran too long for me. The direction and screenplay from Spike were great, but it just felt a bit muddled.
