excellent war drama

Rating: 8/10 (13 October 2005)

Jin-tae and Jin-seok are brothers. Jin-seok is set college and carries the hope are dreams of his family. Jin-tae works fixing shoes, creating income to help support his brother. They had their lives plan until all hell breaks lose; North Korea declares war on South Korea. Jin-seok is drafted but Jin-tae volunteers to protect. Tae seeks to find any loop hole he can find get his brother out of the army. But when they both enter into the world of war, their bond of brotherhood is stretch beyond its limits.
At first you could be mistaken to think this is just another war movie, but this is so much more. Mixing in the drama of brotherhood raises this to higher levels. Though this still holds the universal themes of war movies. The effect on society, the physical effects of the soldiers and more importantly the mental and emotional effects any war can have. during the war the brothers change and they start to see other sides of each other, which ultimately they would rather not have seen. When one brother suffers from Stockholm syndrome, can the bonds of brotherhood survive any hurdle, or once broken is it unfix able.
Just like 'Saving private Ryan', Brotherhood of War is not ashamed of throwing you deep within the confines of the trenched and the no-mans land. Director Je-gyu Kang throws the violence right at you during the action, and doesn't relent till its over. But whats more powerful is the emotional drama. The end is such a tear jerker. If you cant handle heavy drama i recommend you have tissues ready.
If you love your war movies, this is a must see.