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Rating: 10/10 (19 February 2006)

I saw this movie and I have to say, this is pretty damn good for a Korean movie. Prior to watching this one, I have hated Korean movies especially their war, horror, and, sci-fi movies because a lot of them were cheap, and low budget movies with corny special effects (although I do admire that those movies have tried to avoid use of CGIs). Tae Guk Gi is unlike any other Korean war movies. I have never, EVER seen anything like that in Korean films. It's the best Korean film I've ever seen in my life (all my friends who saw this movie would agree with me). I thought it was better than Pearl Habor (Sorry Michael Bay). And that's true. Although I would rate them the same for special effects, but Tae Guk Gi also has a better storyline (the love story in Pearl Harbor kind of makes me sick witch Ben Afflek, Kate Beckinsale, and Josh Hartnet.) The story is very interesting. First, it starts off in present day with the hero's brother looking at his remains then, it goes back in time to when he and his brother were younger. Then they're recruited by the army as the war begins. It's interesting how the story evolves as well as how the characters evolve with the storyline. I love the fact that there are a lot of twists and turns and a lot of surprises in the movie. It makes the movie interesting. The special effects were great too. I have never ever seen anything like those kinds of special effects in Korean movies, explosions, large battle sequences, airplanes...etc. If you are not interested in the storyline, at least you can be dazzled and still be entertained by the special effects (lol!). Anyway, I would highly recommend this movie to both Koreans and non-Koreans alike. It's big "must-see".