This is one of the poorest quality movies I've ever seen. Where the Chinese spent $65,000,000 in this mess defies credibility. Bruce Willis must be getting desperate to have his name attached to this incredibly bad movie.
I've been hoping for years that somewhere along the line with all these war movies being made that the story of the 8 year long war the Chinese fought against a far better trained and better equipped Japanese military might be told but rest assured this is not it. The true history of this long war is full of bravery and challenge on the part of the Chinese as well as the US forces that fought alongside them. There is political intrigue that went on between Generals Stilwell, Chenault, Chiang Kai-Shek and FDR but none of that is given justice in this weak attempt at a story that appears to be written by kids and for kids. The CGI is comically poor which makes one wonder why with such a huge budget that the producers didn't bother using the real planes and equipment instead of this CGI that looks like the work of some real amateurs. The acting is weak as well. What else is there to say about this except do yourself a favor and skip it. You'll thank me for the tip later..
I've been hoping for years that somewhere along the line with all these war movies being made that the story of the 8 year long war the Chinese fought against a far better trained and better equipped Japanese military might be told but rest assured this is not it. The true history of this long war is full of bravery and challenge on the part of the Chinese as well as the US forces that fought alongside them. There is political intrigue that went on between Generals Stilwell, Chenault, Chiang Kai-Shek and FDR but none of that is given justice in this weak attempt at a story that appears to be written by kids and for kids. The CGI is comically poor which makes one wonder why with such a huge budget that the producers didn't bother using the real planes and equipment instead of this CGI that looks like the work of some real amateurs. The acting is weak as well. What else is there to say about this except do yourself a favor and skip it. You'll thank me for the tip later..