Air Strike

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Movie Info

Bruce Willis headlines this pulse-pounding epic about the courage of China's citizens during WWII. As a U.S. Army colonel (Willis) trains Chinese aviators to battle Japanese fighters, a hotheaded pilot begs to fly a powerful bomber that could stop the attacks. Meanwhile, a team of spies and refugees must carry a game-changing decoder device through the war-torn countryside. Also starring Adrien Brody and Rumer Willis, Air Strike portrays this historic conflict in a thrilling new light.

Rating:

R (for war violence including disturbing images, and for language)
Genre:

Action & Adventure, Drama
Directed By:

Xiao Feng
Written By:

Ping Chen
In Theaters:

Oct 26, 2018 limited
On Disc/Streaming:

Dec 18, 2018
Runtime:

97 minutes
Studio:

Lionsgate

Cast

Bruce Willis
as Jack

Ye Liu
as Xue Gangtou

Seung-heon Song
as An Minxun

William Chan
as Chen Ting

Wei Fan
as Uncle Cui

Gang Wu
as Zhao Chun

Su Ma
as Diana

Yongli Che
as Yaogu

Yuanzheng Feng
as Xue Manguan

Ning Chang
as Qian Xue

Bingbing Fan
as Ye Peixuan

Adrien Brody
as Steve

Nicholas Tse
as Lei Tao

Rumer Willis
as Julia

Shengyi Huang
as Du Mei

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Critic Reviews for Air Strike

All Critics (5) | Top Critics (1) | Rotten (5)

Air Strike retains elements of evident expanse and expense. Yet the final result is such a compromised jumble it's hard to tell what its full original intentions might have been.

October 27, 2018 | Full Review…

Dennis Harvey
Variety
Top Critic
Meet the 'Sharknado' of Chinese war movies: with US$65M worth of misery... and Bruce Willis.

August 6, 2019 | Full Review…

Anthony Kao
Cinema Escapist
How far from us are those times when Bruce Willis used to be in great action films. [Full Review in Spanish]

May 6, 2019 | Rating: 1.5/5 | Full Review…

Amanda Adame
Cine Premiere
With a shoddy edit and a poor storyline, the only reason to watch the film is for its elaborate fight action sequences. Besides that, there's nothing more to look forward to in this uninspiring World War II drama.

November 5, 2018 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…

Reza Noorani
The Times of India
There is no consistency in both theme and treatment. It feels like the director wanted to put every patriotic movie trope that he could think of in one film and exploit them all. The result is a mishmash...

November 5, 2018 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…

Devesh Sharma
Filmfare

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Audience Reviews for Air Strike

Oct 09, 2019

Air Strike is a blatant piece of Chinese propaganda disguised as a WWII film. The plot (if there is one) is a total mess; something to do with an airplane squadron, a truck that has to get a decoder somewhere and keeps picking up refugees, and a town that gets bombed over and over again. Bruce Willis and Adrien Brody lead the cast list but are only in a handful of scenes, awkwardly forced in. There aren't any good performances and the English dubbing is god-awful (like comically bad). And the CGI and green screen work really sticks out. Unbearably soap opera-ish, Air Strike is good for some laughs but is an extremely poor war drama.

Dann M Super Reviewer