Brothers in arms

African-American war veterans return to Vietnam to find hidden treasure in Spike Lee’s blistering new movie

- JUDY EWENS, SEAN MARLAND, RICHARD McCLURE

NETFLIX Da 5 Bloods

NEW Genre: Drama Available: Friday 12 June Runs: 154min TVSW says: Spike Lee at his best

Director Spike Lee returns this week with his first screen project since his Oscar win for BlacKkKlansman. And his new movie, Da 5 Bloods, is already predicted to be a contender at next year’s Academy Awards.

The Netflix film follows four African-American veterans who return to Vietnam to retrieve the body of their former squad leader – and also collect a stash of gold that they buried along with him.

The drama begins in Vietnam in 1968 as the soldiers and their leader, Stormin’ Norman (