I read the Wall Street Journal article that talked about the Chinese financing this movie. I guess I didn’t see the propaganda angle in the movie as was suggested on another thread about the movie.
From what I gathered from the article..... The Chinese hated (hate) the Japanese so the Doolittle raid was added? The article also states that edits were made to the movie for release in China to remove parts where subordinates questioned superiors.
According to the article, Hollywood wouldn’t back this film.
I could understand this.
It’s not talked about much in American history books, but the Chinese suffered terribly as a result of the Doolittle Raid; some 200,000 Chinese paid with their lives for that attack. (The Japanese knew that the planes had to fly on to China, and they went on a murderous tear in revenge for the assistance the locals provided the US airmen. Sadly, even Doolittle himself foresaw this response from the Japanese.)