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81
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54
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52
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50
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45
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42
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42
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40
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38
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36
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35
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28
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28
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22
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18
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16
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Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
Destination Films / Samuel Goldwyn Films
FILM:
MPAA RATING: R for strong graphic sequences of war violence
Starring
Jang Dong-Gun,
Won Bin,
Lee Eunjoo,
Kong Hyeong-jin,
Lee Yeong-ran,
Jo Yun-hie,
and
Jung Doo-hong
A story of two brothers set against the backdrop of the Korean War.
| GENRE(S): |
Action
|
Drama
|
Foreign
|
War
|
| WRITTEN BY: |
Kang Je-gyu
|
| DIRECTED BY: |
Kang Je-gyu
|
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: February 15, 2005
Theatrical: September 3, 2004
|
| RUNNING TIME: |
140 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
South Korea |
| LANGUAGE(S): |
Korean (with English subtitles) |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
100
San Francisco Chronicle
Jonathan Curiel
An intense, powerful film.

89
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
The most costly and the most popular film in South Korean history is also one of the most gripping and epic war films ever made, and certainly the only one I can think of the portrays the Korean war from the viewpoint of both sides of the conflict.

88
Chicago Tribune
Robert K. Elder
Belongs to that brand of sweeping, conflict-era drama epitomized by "Saving Private Ryan," "Gone with the Wind" and TV miniseries "North and South."

80
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
A complex film about the minefield of loyalty and betrayal.

75
Entertainment Weekly
Gregory Kirschling
Always entertains, just like ''Pearl Harbor'' and the rest of the best of Hollywood's dumb war movies.

75
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker
An anti-war spectacle that uses the story of brothers divided by the 1950 civil war as a metaphor for the wounds of the split.

70
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
With killing as an end in itself, combatants lose sight of what they were supposed to be taking up arms for in the first place. It's a terrible lesson, and one that Tae Guk Gi teaches with unexpected confidence.

70
Chicago Reader
Andrea Gronvall
The cloying score aside, this is a searing depiction of war in all its savagery, waste, and folly, with artfully choreographed sequences that surpass the conventions of the genre.

70
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
You may find some of the story developments melodramatic -- I did -- but the film itself is quite powerful.

70
LA Weekly
David Chute
While it comes on like a flag-waver, it actually delivers something more nuanced. Its underlying skepticism about the Korean War seems to have jibed with the current national mood: The picture was, deservedly, a huge hit.

63
New York Post
V.A. Musetto
Shamelessly contrived and manipulative, Tae Guk Gi packs a visceral wallop.

63
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
It's hard to remain unmoved by Kang's deeply heartfelt homage to his nation's past.

63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Stephen Cole
The film is never as powerful or convincing as it should be.

60
Village Voice
Ed Park
In the rare moments when a rifle, grenade, howitzer, bayonet, dagger, fist, land mine, or flamethrower isn't being deployed, the film pushes its melodramatic plotline with soap operatic shamelessness.

60
The New York Times
Dave Kehr
Far more ambivalent and ambiguous film than Mr. Spielberg's. Both North and South are portrayed as brutal, abusive regimes that use their citizens as so much cannon fodder.

60
TV Guide
Ethan Alter
It's easy to view the story of these brothers as a larger metaphor for the relationship between the two Koreas, which gives the film an added resonance that your typical Hollywood war movie wouldn't possess.

50
Variety
Derek Elley
Kang remains a superb technician, but somewhere the movie forgot to pack any genuine emotion along with its ordnance and K rations.

50
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Keith Phipps
After a sentimental opening sequence, he (Kang) scarcely lets the film pause to breathe, which dulls its effectiveness.

25
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
Almost entirely devoted to combat violence and sentimental interludes.


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