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High Road to China

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A spoiled heiress (Bess Armstrong) hires a tipsy biplane pilot (Tom Selleck) and his sidekick (Jack Weston) to find her father in 1920s China.

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times An unconvincing, harmless action movie that at its best moments is a pale echo of Raiders [of the Lost Ark]. Rated: 2/4 Oct 23, 2004 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Aug 16, 2005 Full Review Carol Cling Las Vegas Review-Journal Rated: 3/5 Nov 7, 2003 Full Review Leonard Klady Movie City News Rated: 2/5 Jul 18, 2003 Full Review Read all reviews

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Marc F This a fun ride. Lighthearted Action movie. It is worth your down time. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/09/25 Full Review Perry H I first saw this film after it worked its way down from the cinema to video in the 1980s… a process that took years back then. I had never even heard of it , but since it was in stock and sitting there on the rack I took it home. I was pleasantly surprised at how entertaining this film was. As with all such things that pique my curiosity, I looked into the background of the movie. I don’t really understand the comparisons to Raiders of The Lost Ark. Selleck is a semi-burnt out pilot that could use a cash infusion. There is no tomb raiding or ancient treasure hunting. Just a man hired to escort a wealthy man’s spoiled (but otherwise capable) daughter on a trip halfway round the world to find her eccentric father. The trip follows the two, flying two dilapidated but operational Curtis Jenny biplanes as they hazard the perils of 1920s backwater nations, on their way to China. It’s got humor, adventure and a few thrills thrown in along the way. I last saw this film decades ago but I remember it well enough that I ordered a copy on DVD. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 12/14/24 Full Review Audience Member Very underrated film. Story is entertaining and easy to watch. Acting was superb and the score is wonderful! Do yourself a favor and check out this unfairly forgotten film. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/09/24 Full Review Mike P Not bad. A watchable copycat of Raiders of the Lost Ark; competently made. And it gives us a flavor of what Tom Selleck would have been like in Raiders. Which is fine. He's no Harrison Ford; but he's a passable hero in his own right. And Bess Armstrong gives solid support. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 12/10/23 Full Review Amanda S It felt like non stop yelling by the heiress and the pilot she hired. I wanted to like the movie but just couldn't get past all the yelling, she's spoiled and annoying. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 08/27/23 Full Review Tom S God-effing-awful. Avoid like the plague. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 05/15/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A spoiled heiress (Bess Armstrong) hires a tipsy biplane pilot (Tom Selleck) and his sidekick (Jack Weston) to find her father in 1920s China.
Director
Brian G. Hutton
Producer
Fred Weintraub
Screenwriter
Jonathan Hales, S. Lee Pogostin, Sandra Weintraub
Production Co
Golden Harvest Company, City Films, Jadran Film
Rating
PG
Genre
Adventure
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 17, 2017
Runtime
1h 45m