2 reviews
I saw that too! What to say? I liked very much, the director has been able to represent the human side of the North Koreans, and the actors were really proved in part, of all people especially the captain Agari ruthless and brutal to the end. The film quality is defended quite well, of course, for the era in which it was made, you notice the due limits, such as the struggles with bare hands through his partisans are made as best or you will never see the fire from weapons, but they only hear the sound .... but you can easily turn a blind eye and enjoy this milestone in Korean cinema And a movie for many but not for everyone, is because it is not the usual war movie, the context must be of interest to the viewer. Personally I consider it an art-house films, so it can be heavy viewers unfamiliar. In my case it was not so, the nearly two hours of the film have been well spent and satisfying, among others are also able to recover and see the excellent documentary about Piagol and duration of forty-five minutes, and that I consider very instructive. I'd like to see other movies about this genre, the theme interests me very much and I would look into.
This film takes place shortly after a military truce has been negotiated between North and South Korea which establishes boundaries between the two countries. Yet even though hostilities between the two sides have supposedly ended, one particular squad of North Korean soldiers continue to fight behind enemy lines with a cruel and vicious officer by the name of "Captain Chu Bong-hyuk" (Ye Chun-lee) resorting to banditry to support his operations. As far as his soldiers are concerned, although they are fully indoctrinated into the communist cause, a couple of them have grown tired of war with a male soldier named "Yoo-chul" (Wang-guk Yun) and a female soldier named "Oh Soju" (Yeong-hui Kim) being particularly exhausted. For her part, Oh Soju is treated the worst having been sexually assaulted by Captain Cu Bong-hyuk and treated with contempt by another female soldier by the name of "Secretary Ae-ran" (Kyoeng-hie No). To their credit, both Yoo-chul and Oh Soju endure things the best they can in spite of their situation. What they don't realize, however, is that things are about to get much worse for all concerned. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that this was an interesting film which, from what I understand, had some basis in historical fact. To that effect, this made the film even more compelling in my view. The main problem I found with it, however, centered on the rather basic subtitles which sometimes made things a little difficult to understand. Even so, I thought that this was a pretty good film for the most part, and I have rated it accordingly. Slightly above average.