Ahn Sung-ki, Heo Jun-ho, Im Weon-heui
Based on the real-life incident in 1971 in which South Korean assassins trained to infiltrate the North revolted against harsh and inhumane treatment they received from the authorities. With the inten...( read more
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Based on a very infamous historical event, Silmido is a big-budget energetic action flick. And yet, despise said approach to such spicy material, it works. Maybe because for such a hard-hitting piece like this, an "art/house" approach would do nothing but sedate the spirit of the...( read more)
Now this is interesting. During the 1960s the South Korean government trained up a bunch of elite soldiers to make an assassination attempt against the North Korean president, before disbanding the regiment, and (apparently) trying to remove its members. Now while the film is ...( read more)
Firstly I must say that nearly there is no woman in the movie. Thats make this movie more strict and harsh. As you know the story, this is a hard movie also. You must have nerves like steel to watch this movie without getting upset. I get some stress while watching the movie and ...( read more)
starts off as a kind of dirty dozen type movie but develops into much more. packs a bit more punch as it is a true(ish) story
It's surprising just how many different shades of war film appear in Silmido. Most of the first act seems like a jungle version of Full Metal Jacket, complete with beatings, fatal falls and vicious military discipline. However, the remainder of the film seems to be a mixture of s...( read more)
good historical film
those men seemed to be great soldiers and it broke my heart when they heard they were been referred to as commies
A very powerful movie. You'll never forget it. I watched it with my cousin and while I was shocked and on edge, crying and emotional my cousin was playing with my cat saying how cute she was. So I urge anyone about to go watch this to be prepaired for it, it's a bit of a hard mov...( read more)
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