don't expect too much

Rating: 5/10 (24 May 2004)

I was anticipating this movie because I'm a big fan of Jang Donggun and I also like Won Bin. I like war movies too and I have seen a lot of them. This is the first movie about Korean war that I've seen. I watched it in CGV Myeongdong with VIP tickets.
The production was good, acting was good, the story itself though is quite thin. The music is overbearing specially in dramatic scenes. There were only two or three scenes in the movie that moved me... first, while their mom broke down as their train went away... second, the boxing scene with won bin and the north korean soldier and third, the scene where the old won bin talked near his brother's grave.
The battle scenes were shot ala "Saving Private Ryan" (this movie is wayyyy better than "Taegukgi")... but shakier. Anyway, if there is one Korean movie i'd recommend, it has to be "Old Boy" or "Peppermint Candy"... those movies are masterpieces.