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Air Strike

Air Strike

They fought World War II's greatest battle.

20185.12h 7m

Overview

An American pilot is sent to a Chinese province to teach a crew of would-be pilots how to fly war planes against the Japanese during World War II.

Directed by Feng Xiao
Written by Chen Ping, Tie Dong Zhou, Mel Gibson
Produced by Stephen J. Eads, Jian-Xiang Shi, Yang Buting
Box OfficeBudget: $65.0M0

Top Cast

Liu Ye

Liu Ye

Xue Gangtou

Bruce Willis

Bruce Willis

Jack

Adrien Brody

Adrien Brody

Steve

Song Seung-heon

Song Seung-heon

An Minxun

Fan Wei

Fan Wei

Uncle Cui

Cao Kefan

Cao Kefan

Patriot

Fan Bingbing

Fan Bingbing

Ye Peixuan

William Chan

William Chan

Cheng Ting

Nicholas Tse Ting-Fung

Nicholas Tse Ting-Fung

Lei Tao

Rumer Willis

Rumer Willis

Julia

Themes & Keywords

world war iisecond sino-japanese war (1937-45)japanese occupation of chinakuomintang

About Air Strike

Air Strike is a action, drama, war, history film released in 2018 exploring themes of world war ii, second sino-japanese war (1937-45), japanese occupation of china, kuomintang. Directed by Feng Xiao, it stars Liu Ye, Bruce Willis, Adrien Brody. An American pilot is sent to a Chinese province to teach a crew of would-be pilots how to fly war planes against the Japanese during World War II.

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