Rent High Road to China (1983)

Good old fashioned adventure - High Road to China review by RL

Tom Selleck's attempt at Indiana Jones is a pleasantly rough adventure ride. Normally cast as a logical, sarcastic, no-nonsense action man; it's unusual to see him here as a quarrelsome alcoholic, troubled by his WWI trauma. This trait I found irritating, wishing he'd just get on with it, but Eastenders fans may like the negative chemistry he has with the glamorous young heroin. Travel fans are in for a treat in Afghanistan & Tibet, with plenty of low-flying scenery.

Great adventure. - High Road to China review by MM

Very well cast and acted fun movie for the family, full of fantastic scenery and loveable heroic characters. It has been compared to Indiana jones but I would say it stands very well apart on it's own as a film.

RAIDERS OF THE END OF THE WORLD - High Road to China review by Frank TALKER™

Fun movie albeit with two leading players lacking any chemistry with each other - along with there being nothing in the way of individual character-development.

However, Bess ARMSTRONG is good value as the spunky flapper-heroine whom holds her own in all of her scenes and is not just around to be rescued by the (admittedly alcoholic) hero.

Yet, the plot is just a series of ever-increasingly explosive clashes between various tribal warlords set against a backdrop of beautiful Asian locations; somewhat resembling a travelogue of the world's war-ravaged hotspots. The worst dramatic offence here is that there is no real sense of danger that the leads will ever get killed, imprisoned &/or tortured - even though many try all of these.

Enough money was spent on the handsome production to make it diverting enough as entertainment, but it is unfulfilling as a true adventure should be; that is, as a metaphor for the search for one's true self.