The storyline was very bland, and felt very heavy handed at painting what I personally felt was an over-sympathetic attempt at trying to convince the audience of the Chinese reasons for participating in the Korean war.
Letters of Iwo Jima played an even handed and fair portrayal of the Japanese troops during the Battle of Iwo Jima by showing the humanity behind the war, but Changjin tried to do the reverse by an attempt to make a political statement using the emotional trump card through the characters of this movie. Thats they reason why the American actors have very simplified dialogs, and very bland acting. Even the battle scenes showing the Americans didn't feel very natural.
Despite the high budget afforded to this movie, the CGI was also very poorly done and felt almost cartoonish at times.
Letters of Iwo Jima played an even handed and fair portrayal of the Japanese troops during the Battle of Iwo Jima by showing the humanity behind the war, but Changjin tried to do the reverse by an attempt to make a political statement using the emotional trump card through the characters of this movie. Thats they reason why the American actors have very simplified dialogs, and very bland acting. Even the battle scenes showing the Americans didn't feel very natural.
Despite the high budget afforded to this movie, the CGI was also very poorly done and felt almost cartoonish at times.