Woo Wishes

Rating: 9/10 (19 July 2005)

I wanna just state a fact this is the best war film ever made, thats it no arguments! Yaes saving private Ryan is good and apocalypse now is even better but this really does kick butt. The story is well told about the war between North and South Korea and how two brothers get caught up in it. The battle scenes are nothing short of breathtaking with the cinematography making you feel that you are actually there.
The problem with this film is that not enough people will see it and there for it will never be fully appreciated for the outstanding achievement that it is, as with so many other Asian and foreign films in general it is such a shame that they are not bought to a wider audience.
This film would have been ideal for John Woo to have made instead of Windtalkers, it has all the ingredients of the Woo of old, a magnificent example of Heroic Bloodshed in a different perspective, you could almost imagine Chow Yun Fat playing Jin Tae and Tony Leung playing Jin Seok, and yes before anyone says anything i know they're not Korean !! Suffice to say this is a remarkable film which everyone should see but unfortunately most wont. 9/10