THE BOMBING

15 FILM

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Xiao Feng’s Chinese war epic recruits Bruce Willis as a grizzled general in a story based on The Bombing of Chongqing. Wildly jingoistic, it’s bloated with redundant storylines (including a blink-andmiss Adrien Brody) aiming for – and missing – emotional resonance. It also struggles for pace, although the air-based action occasionally thrills. Refreshingly though, Willis seems up for it, however superfluous his role is, while the ensemble of young Chinese airmen gives a spirited if unsuccessful fight against the Bayhem-level barrage of CG explosions. Erlingur Einarsson