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It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

Wow! What a bizarre film! Unfortunately the few funny moments there were were quite overshadowed by it's completely weird and random vibe throughout.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

WOW!! It's rare that I can watch a movie and still feel so emotional after it's over. My tears are still streaming at the love one brother had for another!! This is a MUST SEE for all. This movie is not just about war.....the storyline between these brothers leaves me speechless and very emotional. What a great job to the director, cast and crew! Great overall movie!! Also, I am an American military veteran and was stationed in South Korea in 1997 (Osan Air Base). I've been to the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) and what an eerie feeling it was to stand inside of that small building next to those North Korean soldiers knowing that if I stepped onto the other side of that table I'd have a serious problem per our briefing.

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)

This South Korean war movie was internationally distinguished after its popularity made it the most successful Korean film of all time...and it brings with it a reputation of gravitas and emotion that is not entirely without merit. Told in flashback, it's a tale of how two brothers are torn away from their family and forced to join the South Korean army. After engaging in lots of terrible missions, the elder brother becomes desensitised to the violence and turns as brutal as the enemy. When his fiancée is shot and he thinks his brother is killed, he transfers to the North Korean army, and the conclusion is set for an inevitable confrontation between the two siblings, who now fight on different sides.This film is very well made, exquisitely shot and with some very good acting from the cast; the supporting actors and actresses are all good, but the real focus is on the two main brothers, and both are fine. Won Bin has the larger role as the younger brother who grieves over the disappearance of his sibling, but the best performance comes from Jang Dong-Kun, who gets to run the gamut of emotions from A-Z, starting off as a headstrong youth, become a valiant hero, turning embittered and entirely ruthless, and ending up as a crazed, almost possessed evil killing machine.Much of the film is taken up with fighting, and the battles are as realistic and brutal as in SAVING PRIVATE RYAN. Crystal-clear camera-work throws you into the trenches as earth flies through the air from mortar strikes and bodies are repeatedly torn to pieces by the incoming gunfire. These parts of the movie are visceral and horrifying, recalling such films as BLACK HAWK DOWN; certainly the horror of warfare is brought across. The bodies of massacred villagers are booby-trapped to blow, hands and legs are blown off by mines and bullets, and in some cases, heads literally explode. Certainly the level of blood and guts makes this one of the grisliest war films I've watched.The only real problem with this film is the nature of the narrative, which keeps jumping forward in time, offering visual scenarios of key scenes in the lives of the heroes. As such, the main character's transformation from South Korean hero to North Korean butcher is glossed over, and doesn't come across as believable. Some of the emoting is also a little bit over the top – I'm thinking the train sequence here, as the characters repeatedly cry for their mother. The director would have done well to hold back just a little. Some of the CGI work is also a little bit fake – I could deal with the landscapes, but the CGI aeroplanes are too much. Still, BROTHERHOOD is a great war film, equalling similar US-themed movies and teaching the west about a war that is sometimes forgotten about by those of us living outside of Asia.

Brutal, unflinching & absolutely devastating, Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War tells the story of two brothers who are forced to join the army to fight in the front at the outbreak of the Korean War. The film puts up a gruesome display of combat on the screen while also capturing the deterioration of these siblings' relationship as the film progresses which ends with a heartbreaking conclusion.Superbly directed, especially the battle scenes, the film is unforgiving in its depiction of the horrors of war and presents it with supreme quality. The inspiration comes from many war films of the past but it still maintains a uniqueness over its content. The camera-work is very dynamic while editing keeps the drama flowing smoothly. And last but not the least, the soundtrack is surely one of the best you can find in a war film.On an overall scale, Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War is an explosive, potent, powerful & heartfelt tale that keeps the story of these two brothers its first priority throughout its runtime and although the performances from its cast sometimes went overboard & too melodramatic, the film captures their relation so well that their clashes of morals & love for each other feels genuine to a considerable extent. An excellent example of its genre, Tae Guk Gi: Brotherhood of War is thoroughly recommended.