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Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War

Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (2004)

September. 03,2004
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| Adventure Drama Action History

When two brothers are forced to fight in the Korean War, the elder decides to take the riskiest missions if it will help shield the younger from battle.

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Sexyloutak
2004/09/03

Absolutely the worst movie.

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Intcatinfo
2004/09/04

A Masterpiece!

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FirstWitch
2004/09/05

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

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Anoushka Slater
2004/09/06

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

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cinemajesty
2004/09/07

Movie Review: "Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War" (2004)A constant surprise in revisiting this exceptional independently-imported war-action-movie on civil conflict events taking place between 1950 and 1953, when North Korean communists invade South Korean capitalists to never-seen-before devastating visual proportions under hammering as decisive sound design and waves of emotion-pitching score by Dong-jun Lee under the directions Je-kyu Jang, when brothers in arms as life performing Korean movie stars Bin Won and Dong-gun Jang, playing their hearts out in Hollywood-standards-setting as Steven Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan" recalling war-action-scenes of bullet-penetrated flesh, mud-splashing grenade explosions and full-contact character confrontations in an 130-Minute-Editorial that has even with its subtitled dialogue feed, enough punch to be a masterpiece of contemporary-produced historic-war-occasions, interpreted for impressively 12.5 Million U.S. Dollar productions expenses, which may look like a 100 Million in a full circle journey of an younger brother of two, exploring archaeological past fields-of-war in the year 2003 in order to solve a mystery of double-crossing, North Korean brainwashed main character elevated absolution of red corning 1950s, in reminiscence of striking power "To Whom The Bells Toll" (1943) starring Gary Cooper & Ingrid Bergman, to unforgettable as bonding motion picture experience.© 2018 Felix Alexander Dausend (Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC)

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Prashast Singh
2004/09/08

Movie: Taegukgi (15)Rating: 5/5Films with excellence like this one are rare to find nowadays. TAEGUKGI is in every aspect a masterpiece; I can confidently say it's flawless. While watching the film, I was totally absorbed into it. I was left speechless, moved and emotional by the time the end credits started to roll. Undoubtedly, it's one of the best South Korean films I've seen till date. Director Kang Je-kyu binds us emotionally into the tale with perfection sprinkled all over; the unfolding is so convincing that I felt connected to the brothers (played by the very excellent and unbeatable actors Jang Dong-gun and Won Bin) right from the beginning. Jang delivers a perfectly neat act and you feel for him since the very beginning, while Won makes you cry along with him. This is seriously an award deserving performance from both the actors, and undoubtedly the film won a lot of awards and love from people all over. Rest of the actors too add glory to the film's victory.The technical aspects need to be heavily praised, as not for a second it's felt that the film has a low quality or production values. The scale is pretty high, and the production values are rich. The war/action sequences are extremely well choreographed and are enjoyable enough to be seen again. The cinematography is splendid and the lens doesn't capture a single shot without perfection. The screenplay and editing are very well dealt with, as even at a long duration (I have seen the director's cut) the film doesn't bore for a second. The moment you think it's over, it goes on to deliver some chilling portrayal of human emotions and continues the narration with utmost sincerity. The climax is very well done, and the last few minutes had me constantly crying. Every emotion could be felt. TAEGUGKI is undoubtedly a major triumph for the South Korean cinema. When I finished watching the film as well as shedding tears, I was left silent as well as asking myself a question again and again, "Why didn't I see this gem before?"

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designertjp
2004/09/09

Hi! In case you haven't read up on your World History, we're still at war with North Korea. We basically signed an Armistice Treaty, back in 1953 to stop shooting each other point blank in the face and on the news of current events. This Instant Classic War Movie, TAE GUK GI (The Brotherhood of War) succeeds in showing us the "true grit" of what urban open head exploding (like watermelons) street by street warfare looks like. Directed by Kang Je-Gyu, this bullet loud numbing graphic war celluloid piece freely tells a heavy one sided story from a South Korean point of view (the North Communists are seen mainly as a small but evil empire). I'm painfully reminded (as an American), in the major scene where the Chinese Army joins the bloody fray with North Korea, that this force multitude of hundreds of red enemy assailants scouring over a hill like army ants, must have been dead similar to what the lone guard Brave Texans (standing tall next to the likes of Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie) saw coming at them while defending The Alamo in 1836 against Gen. Santa Ana's 3000 plus Army.TAE GUK GI focuses it's blood smeared camera lens on two Brothers Jin Tae and Lee Jin Seok. One struggles to maintain his humanity and sense of universal justice, in the midst of battle, while the other Brother mentally transforms himself into a fear-no-bullet "Super Saiyan" (like Dragon Ball Z) on the battlefield, in a desperate bold plan to get his younger Brother sent home early (to help survive the Family Name). Other talented Supporting Characters "fly in and fly out" like rice thrown in your face, but they stick in your memory, with their longing eyes, funny remarks, and cold blooded commanders. The Mom, the Wife to be, the soldier comrades, the wry weary Captains, and the Kids, all evolve and revolve around the two South Korean Brothers.On a technical military note, it was interesting to see propeller driven Pre-Jet Age Allied Aircraft "raining down death" with their WWII mounted machine guns (probably still oiled up from fighting the Japanese approx 5 years earlier). And you don't even see the American Allied Army until 2/3rds into the action. What we're fed here is a steady dose of humane mental anguish and desperation to stay sane while absorbing the fateful costs of hunger forced made decisions. All of which bring us to today's Armistice with North Korea. We still look at each other, everyday, with loaded modern guns on each side of a barbed wire fence at the 38th Parallel. How many lives would change, in this generation, between Brothers, Family, and Friends, if one side decides to "open fire" all over again?

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macrossmanic
2004/09/10

I've seen my share of Korean movies and they are in general quite slick and enjoyable. If you are expecting a realistic depiction of the Korean War, you will probably be disappointed by Taegukgi. From the 8.2 rating is seems that some people really enjoy this movie, so I better explain myself. The movie is competent technically, and the fighting scenes are well done. But the story is where it falls short. If you are used to more realistic war movies such as "A Bridge Too Far", then Taegukgi will appear cartoonish and contrived. I am not a soldier, but I really can't image that people will fight like that in a war.

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