Gum

Rating: 4/10 (4 March 2020)

When the opening scenes show a gum chomping, high risk cowboy pilot putting his & other's lives at risk by showboating a dangerous stunt onto a carrier I knew what type of factuality was in store for the rest of the movie. Lots of, we never do anything wrong, nationalistic fervor which added to questioning where the movie was going. Movie is filled with scenes of animated fighters being shot at, and shooting back. The usual family, romance scenes to capture more paying viewers. Japanese, of course, mostly portrayed as ruthless such as tying an anchor to a captured pilot who upon refusing to divulge info on his unit is tossed into the sea (we see him sink slowly down of course). Odd that the end credits said dedicated to the American & Japanese sailers at Midway.