You would be forgiven for thinking spending the first half-hour of this sweeping war epic wondering if you'd accidentally stumbled into a Korean remake of SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998), but while director Je-guy Kang liberally borrows from Hollywood's chest of combat movie cliches this tale of two brothers torn apart by the Korean War eventually overcomes formula and delivers a genuine emotional wallop. Following his father's death, carefree Seoul cobbler Jin-tae Lee (Jang Dong-gun) has become the man of the house, working hard to earn enough money to put his younger brother, Jin-seok (Won Bin), through college. When war breaks out and Jin-seok is forcibly enlisted in t...
Released:
2004
Rated:
R
Length:
140 mins