Against All Odds (2025)
- Original title
- 营救飞虎
- Directed by
- Lau Ho-Leung
- Genre
- drama, war
- Country
- People's Republic of China
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Rated
- IIB
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 4 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
In 1944, a Chinese resistance brigade works to rescue American Flying Tigers pilots who were shot down over enemy territory. The film focuses on one fictionalized pilot, James Harnett, as the group risks their lives to save him and others from capture.
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What happens
Against All Odds (Chinese: 营救飞虎) is a 2025 Chinese war film that dramatically retells the rescues of eight Flying Tigers pilots, one of whom is Lt. Donald W. Kerr at the dawn of 1944, by the Hong Kong and Kowloon Independent Brigade of the East River Column. Based on true stories, the single American pilot featured is fictionalized as James Harnett, an amalgamation of American volunteers from officers to sergeants. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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