Red Tails Page #8

Synopsis: Italy, 1944. As the war takes its toll on Allied forces in Europe, a squadron of black pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen are finally given the chance to prove themselves in the sky - even as they battle discrimination on the ground. It's a tribute to the unsung heroes who rose above extraordinary challenges and ultimately soared into history.
Director(s): Anthony Hemingway
Production: 20th Century Fox
  2 wins & 9 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.9
Metacritic:
46
Rotten Tomatoes:
40%
PG-13
Year:
2012
125 min
$49,500,000
Website
3,514 Views


Break! Break! Break!

Here we go.

Nine o'clock low!

I see them.

We're losing them!

I got the throttle wide open!

They're too damn fast!

Son of a b*tch!

Those babies are gone.

I'm losing power!

Stay left!

I'll get him!

This is for Maurice!

Yeah!

Brilliant!

Smokey, brilliant!

Easy, we got one

crossing in front of us.

Start firing,

he'll fly right into it.

I know.

I got him.

These jets ain't nothing.

We need more speed.

Let's get some altitude.

Easy, right there!

Ten o'clock!

I got him!

Now that's how it's done!

Smokey! Smokey!

I'm all right.

I'm all right!

I'll be damned!

They missed me!

No holes in me, baby!

Whoo! Come on.

Now we're losing

power on engine four.

That's it for us, guys.

We're turning around.

We got a straggler.

Two o'clock.

Oh, I see him!

I'm on it, Red One. We'll get

down there and cover him.

Lightning, form up.

I'm going back.

We got a crippled

bomber to protect.

Easy, you got Pretty Boy on your tail.

I'm coming around.

Where? I don't see him!

Die, you...

...foolish African!

Damn it!

I'm heading right for you!

I've got him!

I've got him!

Get out of my way!

What the hell are you doing?

Dive right now! Dive.

Whoo!

That's the end of Pretty Boy!

Sure got him good!

Ha! You did it!

You got that son of a b*tch.

Did you say Lightning

shot down Pretty Boy?

Whoo-hoo!

Give 'em hell, Lightning!

You just might be the best

pilot that ever lived!

Now get your ass back here

and help us with this bomber.

We're on our way back

to you, Joker.

It was a crazy move. You

almost got yourself killed.

I think I did

get myself killed.

What are you talking about?

I don't think

I'm going to make it, Easy.

What do you mean, you're

not going to make it?

Don't talk like that!

There's a lot...

There's a lot of blood.

Listen to me.

Just hang in there.

I'm gonna get you back,

all right?

Just stay focused.

I'm gonna help you.

I can't breathe.

I can't breathe.

Come on now. We've gotten out

of worse scrapes than this.

I screwed up.

I don't care about that.

I'm right here with you.

We can do this together.

Come on.

Easy.

Gruesome Twosome.

Lightning!

Lightning, talk to me!

Lightning, don't you

do this to me!

Lightning?

Lightning, look at me!

I love you.

I'm sorry, Sofia.

Lightning, pull up!

Pull back on your stick!

Lightning, pop the canopy!

Pop the goddamn canopy!

Get out of the plane,

Lightning, that's an order!

Get out of the plane!

Damn you, Lightning!

Easy.

Easy.

Easy, do you read me?

Easy!

Stay on mission!

Do you copy?

We need you back here.

We need you.

For God's sake, tell me

you still out there.

I'm okay.

I'm on my way down.

Red One.

Lightning's with you, right?

Lieutenant Little is dead.

Lightning?

Marty?

The expectations

placed upon you men are high.

Lieutenant Little

exceeded those expectations.

We should not be

discouraged by his death,

but be all the more

encouraged by his life.

The acts of bravery by him

will make us stronger.

It will inspire us

to fight harder,

to make this world free.

Because we are on the side

of God Almighty!

Let us pray.

Hey! Hey, guys!

Hey! Guys!

I know you didn't

forget about me already!

I've been to hell and back,

so you will no longer

call me Junior.

From now on you will address

me as the fabulous Ray Gun.

How'd you do it, man?

I'll be damned!

Ray!

Ray Gun!

Boy, you look good.

In the name of the

President of the United States,

a Distinguished Unit Citation

has been conferred upon

the all-Negro

for outstanding performance of

duty in conflict with the enemy.

By the conspicuous gallantry, professional

skill and determination of the pilots,

together with the

outstanding technical skill

and devotion to duty

of the ground personnel,

the 332nd has reflected

great credit on itself

and on the Armed Forces

of the United States.

We salute you.

English - US - PSDH

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John Ridley

John Ridley IV (born October 1965) is an American screenwriter, film director, novelist, and showrunner, known for 12 Years a Slave, for which he won an Academy Award in 2013 for Best Adapted Screenplay. more…

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