Born to Fly

This is less a movie, more a flying foreign policy document.

Born to Fly is a decently made film, something that is at almost all levels, with strong cinematography, one with a slightly predictable story, but also a film that is easy to come back to and rewatch.

... explores a different perspective in military aviation, making for a fresh take on the fighter pilot action drama. Unfortunately, the film as a whole suffers at it follows a predictable path from its thrilling introduction to emotional end.

Propaganda devoid of suspense, humor, and credible characterizations. The luminous Zhou Dongyu wasted in a thankless role.

Born to Fly goes down a very simplistic and generic path in this often-trite story about fighter pilots. Some of the aerial scenes look good, but when the story is on the ground, much of the dialogue and acting performances are a little cringeworthy.

Born to Fly is a perfectly respectable Chinese crowd pleaser, juggling its prerequisite jingoism with enough crises of confidence and flyboy rivalries to keep audiences engaged.

Not just an idea of masculinity that’s literally unimaginable from an American perspective. This is a willingness to demonstrate the human cost of war that American movies have not been interested in for some time.

Despite a great performance from Wang Yibo, Born To Fly can’t reach a steady altitude.

In spite of decent performances, it becomes depressingly obvious that Xiaoshi’s film is barely interested in crafting a story as much as it is advertising one specific model of plane.


Never caught my interest.