Air Strike (formerly The Bombing/Unbreakable Spirit) (2018) - Bruce Willis, Nicholas Tse, and Liu Ye

[AlbertV]

Bruce Willis is starring in a Chinese-language World War II epic entitled The Bombing. He began shooting the Xiao Feng film in Xiangshan last month. The film depicts Japan's aerial bombardment of the southwestern city of Chongqing in World War II. Willis plays a flying instructor in the film.

Co-starring are Nicholas Tse, Song Seung-Heon, William Chen, and Liu Ye. The film is scheduled to come out early next year.

Edited July 12, 2021 by AlbertV

[AlbertV]

This is quite interesting news...Variety has reported that Mel Gibson is joining the film...not as an actor, but as art director of the film!

[AlbertV]

Has anyone wondered what has happened to the movie? It has a new title Unbreakable Spirit and it is finally coming out on August 17 in China. The reason for the delay? Accusations of tax evasion and money laundering.

https://variety.com/2018/film/news/bruce-willis-unbreakable-spirit-chinese-war-drama-accusations-financial-wrongdoing-1202860462/

[whitesnake]

New trailer and poster for Unbreakable Spirit   

Trailer - 

poster from Twitter.com/AsianFilmStrike

Edited July 5, 2018 by whitesnake

[whitesnake]

Second trailer for Unbreakable Spirit - 

 

[whitesnake]

New title, new trailer as Lionsgate gives Air Strike (aka Unbreakable Spirit aka The Bombing) a North American limited theatrical release on October 26th.  Naturally the new trailer  puts more emphasis on Bruce Willis.  News from  http://cityonfire.com/bruce-willis-joins-nicholas-tse-in-chinese-epic-the-bombing/   

 

[whitesnake]

Asian Film Strike reviews the Air Strike movie here - https://asianfilmstrike.wordpress.com/2018/10/11/the-bombing-aka-unbreakable-spirit-aka-air-strike-2018-review/   The reviewer's conclusion: "The Bombing is an uneven war epic: flat gung-ho posturing, poor CGI, awkward tonal shifts and pointless cameos are offset by an engaging subplot, a few excellent performances and a handful of gut-wrenching moments."

[AlbertV]

The China release has officially been scrapped thanks to Cui Yongyuan, the TV host responsible for the Fan Bingbing scandal.

https://variety.com/2018/film/asia/fan-bingbing-unbreakable-spirit-release-cancelled-1202982681/

 

Edited October 17, 2018 by AlbertV

[AlbertV]

The film is currently on Netflix

https://www.netflix.com/title/81031742

Edited July 12, 2021 by AlbertV