THE BOMBING is another laughable slice of propaganda from mainland China, this time taking the form of a WW2 epic along the lines of PEARL HARBOR. It'll have you believe that the fledgling Chinese air force proved more than a match for their Japanese enemy, although of course anyone who knows history will know this is a very skewed and jingoistic view of the truth. The film is lengthy and dull, let down by cartoonish CGI effects used to depict the dogfights and an in-it-for-the-cheque Bruce Willis. Nicholas Tse, Simon Yam and Fan Bingbing are there for name value but have very little screen time, and overall this is tedious stuff.
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