Head or "Tails"?

      Lucasfilm just released the theatrical trailer for George Lucas' much anticipated film "Red Tails". It is the story of the famous Tuskegee Airmen of World War 2. The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African American combat squadrons made up of the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group of the U.S. Army Air Corps. The films title comes form the fact that the squads painted the tails of their planes bright red.

     The film is written and produced by George Lucas and directed by rookie director Anthony Hemingway.  It stars Terrence Howard (Hustle and Flow), Cuba Gooding, Jr (Jerry Maguire) and Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad).

     While it has a pretty decent cast, (where the heck has Cuba Gooding been??)from the trailer it looks like a typical World War 2 action flick but with an ILM twist. It reminded me of Pearl Harbor or Memphis Belle with fight sequences modeled after the first 10 minutes of "Revenge of the Sith".

     Despite the cast and the fact that George Lucas' name is attached to this film, I don't see myself lining up at midnight to check it out, like I did for The Phantom Menace...Okay. You can stop laughing now!