10 Upcoming Non-English Language Films To Look Out For In 2023
4. Born To Fly
You like Top Gun, don't you?
Well how about the Chinese propaganda Top Gun rip-off coming out in April 2023?
Born to Fly is ostensibly a really long advert for the People's Liberation Army Air Force. The movie is designed to show just how modern the Force has become and how exciting it is to be a part of.
Spoiler - it's probably not as exciting in real life.
The film was due to come out in 2022, but was pulled at the last minute for "unknown reasons". Although, it is speculated that this was done to avoid comparison to Top Gun: Maverick because its producers knew the special effects weren't up to scratch.
Now though, the flight is back on, just in time for the country's Labor Day holiday weekend.
How convenient.
In an effort to attract more attention to the project, Born to Fly pulled in some of China's biggest movie stars. Young hearthrobs Wang Yibo and Zhou Dongyu are onboard, as is fixture of the Chinese film scene Hu Jun.
Whether we'll ever get the chance to see Born to Fly in the West is up for debate, but we'll all be watching its progress, even from afar.