China's garbage on the Silverscreen

Rating: 1/10 (12 November 2019)

I'm not sure what others believe constitute a good movie but this is far from it. The opening credits highlighted the Chinese producers/influences of this film and makes sense as the movie trudges along. The overall story-telling and lineage of the movie are very disjointed and fractured. It feels like they were trying to recreate the magic of Dunkirk but didn't have a clue how to implement that strategy. There are also scenes that have no place in the movie or add zero value,if anything they create more confusion as to what this movie is really about.
Moving on from the choppy story-telling, the character's are super one-dimensional and are in now way representative of members in the military. The lead character is your basic cowboy/maverick embodied in how others may view us or our military members. The only thing that saves the horrible character development is Woody Harrelson's portrayal of Nimitz.
One shining light in this whole mess of a film is the action scenes. If there is one thing they got right, it was this. We like our intense explosions and in-your-face camera shots as they zoom across the screen but this is even watered down by the cheap feel of the CGI.
See at your own risk and be sure to know the history of the Pacific campaign in WWII before seeing this movie!