Nicky Wu’s acting is actually not too bad in this one. The plot would have been more believable if he had been blown to bits. But then, this is 抗日神剧! China kicked the Japanese asses and won the war in 1945! Even if a tiny fraction of the population believes in it, we’re still talking about millions.
An insider revealed that the cameras used for shooting these films were made in Japan, but the Japanese didn’t mind being portrayed as nincompoops. They are too busy laughing to feel offended enough to ban the exports of their cameras.
Does Nicky Wu really need to be a 五毛演员？