Review by jhherron

I believe it's still the highest grossing Korean film ever and packed cinemas in South Korea, not only due to the emotive subject. As for the film, I rate this in the top three films I have ever seen. And that's not taking away from the excellent Korean film industry. Not being too familiar with the incident at first, I was thoroughly convinced they went on the assassinate Kim IlSun and for the first 30m I was questioning history.

I think the score is outstanding, as is the cinematography. Some very emotional scenes and not the happiest of endings. Gut wrenching throughout with brilliant shades of humanity. A must watch