Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War

2004 [KOREAN]

Action / Drama / War

34
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 93% · 43 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 93% · 10K ratings
IMDb Rating 8.0/10 10 42209 42.2K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Je-kyu Kang Photo
Je-kyu Kang

Top cast

D.C. Douglas Photo
D.C. Douglas as Additional Voices
Joe Cappelletti Photo
Joe Cappelletti as Additional Voices
Min-sik Choi Photo
Min-sik Choi as North Korean Captain
Bin Won Photo
Bin Won as Jin-seok Lee
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
1.33 GB
1280*558
Korean 2.0
NR
Subtitles us   ru  
23.976 fps
2 hr 28 min
Seeds 13
2.73 GB
1872*816
Korean 5.1
NR
Subtitles us   ru  
23.976 fps
2 hr 28 min
Seeds 23

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Sfpsycho415 9 / 10

An amazing war movie---9/10

South Korea puts Saving Private Ryan to shame with this amazing war movie. Taegukgi (or Brotherhood of War) is probably the best traditional war movie i have ever seen. The battle scenes are intense and brutal, even more so then Spielberg's classic film (which is a movie i really like, too.) They also kick in at unexpected places. They are sitting around eating and suddenly bombs are exploding and limbs are flying. The acting is incredible and emotional even though i watched it in subtitles (dubbed English voices are horrible). The facial expressions said it all. The story is a heartbreaking tale of two brothers who are drafted into the Korean conflict in 1950. By the end, i came this close to tearing up. And i am a tough guy. Or so i think.Now i know a lot of people in America tend to overlook foreign movies because their afraid of reading, or can't read, but i am finding more and more that foreign flicks are a lot better than recent Hollywood movies. Hollywood needs to take a lesson and make more creative stories.This is truly a masterpiece of modern cinema, a milestone in war movies, and one of the best films i have seen in a long time. Incredible.---9/10
Reviewed by qfb1 9 / 10

One of the Best Movie About War

It started out like so many other movies, a short clip of the present and then a long flashback. And then it blew me away with its depiction of war and all of its complexities. The changes in the attitudes of the two brothers as the Korean War progresses helps us understand that war is not merely about good and evil. The most well intentioned soldier or commander can go astray. The Korean War turned brother against brother based on little more than time and place, conviction, or happenstance.Take Guk Gi is the best antiwar movie that I have seen since Johnny Got His Gun.It reminded me of the beginning of Saving Private Ryan, which I thought captured some of the reality of war while avoiding the pitfalls that Saving Private Ryan fell.If the DC crowd watched the Battle of Algiers but missed the message, All Americans should see Tae Guk Gi to better understand the horror and tragedy of war.
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