Unstoppable 天马星空 China, 2025, colour, 2.35:1, 93 mins. Director: Yang Feng 杨锋. Rating: 3/10. Totally generic sci-fi drama, about an invasion of Earth by aliens, doesn’t have a single original cell in its body. STORY Star City, planet Earth, the beginning of the fifth Eternal Age [AD 2080]. Pegasus warrior Xingmei (Li Yuanyuan) is ordered … Continue reading Review: Unstoppable (2025) →
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