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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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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 DW L The more time passes, the more I love this movie. At the time it came out, it was compared to Raiders of the Lost Ark, a bar difficult to get near much less over. Taken on it own, it is an enjoyable adventure and male fantasy romance. Fun characters, sweeping vistas (though almost entirely shot In Croatia I think), and beautiful arial scenes. John Barry's score is gorgeous and a preview of both Out of Africa and Dances With Wolves music. By todays shallow standards of CGI adventure, this is an enjoyable classic. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/01/23 Full Review Karl N Fun movie. The flying scenes were great. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 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
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