DA 5 BLOODS
Netflix, 3:00 a.m. ET
MOVIE PREMIERE: This new Spike Lee “joint” shows up as a premiere on Netflix, one more example of how films once seen in theaters are finding other ways to find audiences. Da 5 Bloods is about a quintet of African-American soldiers who served together in the Vietnam War. One, their squad leader, died there, and the survivors reunite decades later to meet in Ho Chi Minh City and take a bittersweet nostalgia tour up river. Lee’s bold move here is to stage flashback scenes so that the ill-fated squad leader is played by the young and vital Chadwick Boseman (pictured), while the other, surviving “bloods” are played by much older actors, such as Delroy Lindo and Clarke Peters. It’s a dreamlike way to mix memory and the passage of time – and only one way Lee finds a compelling path into this emotionally resonant war movie.