Jeontoo

I think this is possible because of grand locations. 'The Battle of Bong-o dong' is the story about the land being stolen. It repays with the most glorious and most Korean landscape it can offer. The last scene where Korean armies appear one by one, all united for one purpose overwhelms me because of its scale. The bird-eye shots of each soldier in rough and rugged mountains and gorges made me speechless. A director of cinematography, a director of art, a director of action, and especially one who's in charge of finding and scouting locations deserve commendation. These vivid, energetic, dynamic, and powerful action complements some faults in the story development, which happens rarely for me. Magnificently, tragically, and poignantly beautiful.

This is a disgrace to korean movie industry. The story is barely based on true story. Japanese army depicted as a stupid boys playing around in the battlefield. When there is a sniper shooting at them, their first reaction is not to hide and cover, instead they stupidly freeze on the spot and letting the enemy killed them. Ridiculous

This is a violent and graphic movie about Koreans fighting against the occupation by Japanese and features atrocities committed by them. The action is well directed. There is a feel good inglorious heroism vibe. Some slow parts but don't give up. The last third has some terrific chases on mountains and epic battles.

It is strange how people criticise and doubt the veracity of movies about Japanese atrocities but movies about WW2 atrocities in Europe by Germans are often universally praised. There are only a few movies about Nanjing and a fewer about the Occupation of Korea. More need to be made and watched by a wider audience lest people forget. Kudos to the Japanese actors who portrayed their own countrymen as villains.

Propaganda? Don't know. Factual? Don't know. Does it matter? No. It's a good afternoon movie. Watch it for the action. Yes, it gets pretty gruesome at times, but it's a war movie. Japanese Imperial army vs patriots. Sure it's a bit lop-sided as to be expected when another country invades. There were some unbelievable moments as others suggested, however, watch for yourself. Beautiful countryside, good battles, Fun overall. Only downside for me was the translation to English. It didn't match very well, but I was able to figure out what they were talking about.

Tedious. Another big budget movie overflowing with nationalist, anti-Japanese pride. Japanese are portrayed as one dimensional, evil caricatures.

Lovely cinematography, sets and costumes but I think it could have been a little shorter than 2hours 15 minutes. Lots of testosterone fuelled violence and tension. Nothing graphic except for a couple of fake heads rolling on the ground. No nudity.