Swing Kids

2018 [KOREAN]

Action / Drama / Musical / War

13
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 96% · 8 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 96% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.5/10 10 3174 3.2K

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Plot summary

Rebellious Ki-soo from North Korea is mesmerized by tap dance in prison camps. Ki-soo joins as a team member of a dance team named 'Swing Kids'. Yet suddenly, their dreams about dancing in prison camps are put in danger.

Director

Hyeong-Cheol Kang Photo
Hyeong-Cheol Kang

Top cast

A.J. Simmons Photo
A.J. Simmons as Jamie
In-Kwon Baek Photo
In-Kwon Baek as Prisoner of war
Ross Kettle Photo
Ross Kettle as Brigadier General Roberts
Kyung-soo Do Photo
Kyung-soo Do as Roh Gi-soo
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
1.2 GB
1280*534
Korean 2.0
NR
Subtitles cn  
24 fps
2 hr 13 min
Seeds ...
2.47 GB
1920*800
Korean 5.1
NR
Subtitles cn  
24 fps
2 hr 13 min
Seeds ...

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by nvazi 8 / 10

A really really Great movie but they screwed up the ending Big time.

Excellent, Wonderful, gets you feeling all kinds of mixed feelings - all characters were superb, BUT they messed up the ending Big time.
Reviewed by ian-39125 8 / 10

Ideology swings and roundabouts

A little slow in the beginning but this movie builds to a big climax. It's interesting to see a view of the North v South Korea conflict from Korean eyes. This ain't MASH. It's not a war epic, it's more nuanced than that. It's more about ideology conflict than the physical battles of war, but there's a taste of that too. It's based in a prisoner camp that in real life was run by the UN. As for whether this particular story is true or not I can't be sure. What I do know is that it's a far more interesting film than it promised in the opening credits. If it is true it's another shameful episode that hopefully helps both sides do better next time. A forelorn hope perhaps but a powerful outcome of seeing this film. There's a taste of every emotion on offer.
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