Everyone writing think pieces in the US is under the assumption that it's another white savior movie, but I guess it actually paints Western individualism as selfish and inferior to the Chinese sense of community and teamwork. It is financed by the Chinese government, and as Trump continues his gootch sweat reign of derp you can probably expect a lot more movies like it, as China attempts to swipe cultural hegemony away from the US during this period of instability.