As usual, it's not for humanity but for a nationalism pride.
It'd be a normal movie if it's about a school team, a special group, or any leagues. However, it's a state-supported exertion without considering budget, any pains, sacrifice of families, and/or personal traumas afterwards.
Different from other China pride genus, though, this movie subtly used a lot of tricks to hide its real purposes instead of directly speaking loud of the patriotism, by copying some know-hows from western counterparts seeing from similar ones like "The Way Back", etc.
It'd be a normal movie if it's about a school team, a special group, or any leagues. However, it's a state-supported exertion without considering budget, any pains, sacrifice of families, and/or personal traumas afterwards.
Different from other China pride genus, though, this movie subtly used a lot of tricks to hide its real purposes instead of directly speaking loud of the patriotism, by copying some know-hows from western counterparts seeing from similar ones like "The Way Back", etc.