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I am a avid fan of war movies, and being a senior I have seen every war movie to be released in the USA. I wanted to find some war movies I have never seen before, so I started looking for movies from other countries. Am I glad I did! This is the third war movie I have watched from Korea, and all were real good. The Brotherhood of war is a foreign war movie on par with Saving private Ryan [my all time fav]. There are many realistic and brutal battle scenes, all well staged and filmed, and the acting is first rate. It is about two brothers forced to go to war when North Korea attacked the south in 1950. Big brother vows to look after little brother, and does he have his work cut out for him! Based on a real battle, I never realized the losses that the South Korean forces took in the Korean war! US movies never show that. Obviously the movie is in Korean and has subtitles, but despite this the acting shines. You really care about these two brothers and the Brotherhood of war. See it! If you like this movie, also check out the Korean made war movies My Way and The Frontline. Read full review
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A group of Korean archeologists find a skeleton and identify it as Lee Jin-Seok. But Lee Jin-Seok is still alive and he is now an old man. It is his brother Jin-Tae who went missing in the Korean War. In 1950, in South Korea, the shoe-shiner Jin-tae Lee and his eighteen years old student brother Jin-seok Lee form a poor but happy family with their mother, Jin-tae's fiancé Young-shin Kim and her young sisters. Jin-tae and his mother are tough workers, who sacrifice themselves to send Jin-seok to the university. When North Korea invades the South, the family escapes to a relative's house in the country, but along their journey, Jin-seok is forced to join the army to fight in the front, and Jin-tae enlists too to protect his young brother. The commander promises Jin-tae that if he gets a medal he would release his brother, and Jin-tae becomes the braver soldier in the company. Along the bloody war between brothers, the relationship of Jin-seok with his older brother deteriorates leading to a dramatic and tragic end. Besides the language barrier this is a well made and outstanding film! Well recommended!!!Read full review
Seen this movie many yrs. ago and thought it one of the best Korean War Films ever made. Story of a family torn apart just as the country was. Gut wrenching battle scenes. I need to view it again to recall it in detail. If you like war movies see "Days of Glory". WW2 movie made in France with English subtitles. Definitely one of the best WW2 movies. I would also recommend "Thin Red Line" and also The Band of Brothers series (Europe & Pacific).
A war film unlike any I've ever seen (and I've seen plenty). It artfully weaves the horrors and brutality of close-in combat fighting with a poignant story of brotherly love and family suffering during a war that nearly destroyed both the North & South Korean societies and landscape. Some of the plot twists seem strained, but the overall impact of the film doesn't suffer. Comparisons to SAVING PRIVATE RYAN don't do justice to the cultural differences between the 2 films. A MUST SEE film for those who like war movies.
Well, Brotherhood of War showed what would happen when fame & reputation get in the way. Decades later he found his older brother and was able to make peace within himself
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