Intense, Emotional, Visual, all in one!

Rating: 10/10 (8 November 2009)

Not only was I deeply moved by the actors portraying the 2 brothers, but the production values for this movie were amazing! After seeing "Old Boy" "The Host" and "Memories of a Murder", I already knew that South Korean films were my favorite foreign ones, but none of those had the magnitude of "Tae Guk Gi". M-1 rifles, trench warfare, close-up bayonet combat, flying mortar shells, everything we love about war films of that era. Then they added a wonderful (not cheesy, just real) story of 2 brothers caught up in the war, plus their love and sacrifices for each other. How such an ordeal can change people and how it can bring them together, brothers or not, is perfectly addressed in this movie. Plus, it highlights the overall glories of war and the people who fight to win them. I recommend it for anybody who loves Korean films / is about to ship out.