I was surprised that this was a 1983 movie because it looks 20 years older - the very classical 1960's style. The plot seemingly collected all cliches of the adventure genre, starting from the very beginning - a young daughter of a rich man hires a drinking war (WWI) hero to find her father in exotic lands, through all dangers they meet (from a cruel barbarian who wants to get the girl to evil German ace) and all the conflicts between themselves. to the final kiss right before the credits in the very end (thanks to the authors. nothing worse than that, no sex scenes which I totally absolutely hate). Still, the girl is not a typical rich spoiled doll, she is brave and she is a good pilot herself - this is probably the most original point in the film. But, while being very classical or trite, whatever term you prefer, the film is really nice, especially for antique aviation fans like me. It's not humorous enough to be a comedy, but not too serious, let alone tragic, as well.
Review of High Road to China
