A breath-taking ride from the beginning till the end by scratching the surface of perfection.

Rating: 9/10 (23 April 2007)

This movie was simply an amazing film! This movie sets mark for all war movies, this is how war movies should be made! This is one of the best (if not the best) war films I've ever seen, honestly..
OK, first of all, the movie is almost perfect in every aspect. It doesn't fail you in any imaginable way, it's just that good. Everything just simply flows in a harmonic way in this movie, it amazes you more and more, every minute. The directing is superb, the cinematography is excellent, the screenplay is brilliant and the story has some originality in it too, so this is not just another war movie. It's also a very touching movie besides the action in it, so it doesn't even go wrong there.
I have to mention the battle scenes, they are simply great. I haven't seen battle scenes like that since "Saving Private Ryan" and "Band of Brothers". You will be entertained and you will be amazed, again and again, not forgetting the whole story, drama-wise. The role performances of the lead actors, Dong-Kun Jang and Bin Won, are simply mind blowing. In the movie they are brothers and they just handle the job perfectly, without any flaws and it is a real pleasure to watch those two actors working together, they really have chemistry between them, just great.
Oh yeah, and the music. It's simply beautiful and will blow your mind away as well, it's just that good. The whole soundtrack is just fantastic though the composer Dong-jun Lee is unfamiliar to me, but hopefully I'll be hearing some of his music in the near future movies as it sounded so good in this one. I'd give this movie 9.5/10, but as that is "impossible", I will sadly have to drop the number to 9. It probably deserves more than that, but this is the decision now. What am I talking here anymore? Just see this movie, it's just that brilliant! Recommending to everyone.