Probably the best modern war film,brilliant!!

Rating: 9/10 (25 November 2009)

I've always had a great interest in war films,but the majority of them always seem to fall a bit short of being truly great(saving private ryan,enemy at the gates).After trawling round the pages of this site,i looked at the section for the top 10 rated war films,and this film was rated very highly,i thought,well i will give it a go ,although i wasn't holding out to much hope.Oh my god,how wrong could you be,a true epic with a cast of thousands,obviously filmed on a massive budget,with some of the finest acting,action and special effects i have ever seen,made saving private ryan look like a home movie,simply breathtaking.The gritty realism,and no punches pulled graphic content,really give you a incite of how terrible war is.I couldn't get over the no stop action from start to finish,with none of the ridiculous "happy ending" nonsense seen in most of Hollywood's efforts.Do yourself a massive favour and watch this film,its scandalous it wasn't pushed internationally,i can only assume that being based on the Korean war and non English speaking,it wasn't deemed marketable.I have never commented before on any film i have seen,but i just had to write about this,thats how strong a effect it has had on me,WOW!!!