War movie with a heart

Rating: 9/10 (24 May 2005)

Tae Guk Gi educated me about the Korean War. After saying that, I realize that this is a strange statement, since most war movies are happy-go-lucky representations of war that glorify fighting and dying as a noble cause. Thankfully, Tae Guk Gi kept far away from this attitude, and showed me the true side of war. Most war movies turn war into a game, something set, orderly, and noble. Tae Guk Gi shows the true chaos and damage war can cause, and does so brilliantly. The only war movie i've seen that transcends this one is Apocalypse Now, and I believe Tae Guk Gi to be one of my favorite Korean movies out. A great war picture, recommended for all audiences, some scenes of violence and gore but a family film at heart, brilliantly acted and thankfully keeps to the fact that war is indeed hell.