Excellent, smart action film.

This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

I am an American History teacher and I really appreciate this film. While for me, I prefer some of the documentaries featuring the actual airmen, this is a great movie for teens and adults (despite the LARGE amount of swearing you'll hear throughout the film). It takes the true story of these pilots and creates a a fictionalized story--changing names as well as taking a bit of a creative license in telling the story. However, in spirit it is very accurate and is an excellent history lesson. What I particularly like is how blunt and directly it deals with prejudice--it doesn't pull punches or take the politically correct route.The movie itself is well-written, directed and acted. In fact the film has an excellent ensemble cast--complete with some famous names (such as Lawrence Fishburn and Cuba Gooding) and lots of faces you'll recognize from TV and movies.Another HBO Production about the Black-American experience that I STRONGLY recommend is MISS EVERS' BOYS. Once again, top-notch production values and an important film for our history.NOTE: The DVD for this film is pretty poor. While all the content of the movie is there, there is little else. A documentary about the pilots and other background information is conspicuously absent. It's a real shame.

There is not enough history out there of what really occurred with our black soldiers during WWII. This is a wonderful account of overcoming discrimination when there should not have been any; when we should all have been working together towards defeating a common enemy. The actors did an excellent job of portraying the conditions under which they were treated. They were treated almost as poorly as Japanese Americans were treated at that time. It was sad that we had not come farther since the Civil War in our attitudes towards our black brothers and sisters. Underneath our skin we are all the same. We should be thankful for all they did for us no matter how poorly we treated them. We should also be thankful to HBO for bringing us this excellent movie so that we could see what this truly heroic group of soldiers did for us during WWII.

I love this movie. Right now my History teacher is showing it to us to talk about how the African-American men in Tuskegee were treated. It's very close to the real thing. I did research after I saw the movie and it was really close. It's a great film that I think everyone should see.

This movie is great, but at times hard to watch. I cannot believe people do exist present/past that actually thought this way. It was amazing to see how the Airmen had to OVERCOME a bevy of obstacles, just to FIGHT for the country that HATES THEM. There were a few scenes were I had to cry, it was heavy on me! The landing in the country w/ the prisoners... The hearing before the Special Committee.... And finally when the white pilot requests the 332nd.The facts of Airmen ordeals is riveting, I hope in life it doesn't take this type of example to prove to other ignorant people that African Americans, and minorities as a whole have something of value to offer. I often wonder to myself, 'Could White America, deal with the oppression, that they have dealt out, if the script was reversed?' I know for a fact they would have a REAL SERIOUS problem with it!