This is a great War movie. War movies arent for anyone, but if you liked Saving Private Ryan, you will love this movie. Premise: Tae Guk Gi follows two brothers--one uneducated and forceful, the other intellectual and reserved--as they are united and then divided by the conflict. The broadly emotional story has some of the power of tales of the American Civil War, when family members found themselves on opposite sides of a battle. Director Kang Je-gyu , who made the lively female-assassin hit Shiri, takes a blunt approach to the material (including a Saving Private Ryan-style framing device). And at 150 minutes, he has plenty of time for head-splitting, blood-spraying combat. This movie is meant as a punch in the stomach, and it connects <iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-YppcjiC-yc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
it was solid. there's a movie called 'silmido' that came around the same time and it was much better imo.
I thought Slimido was Fantastic, but i just loved Tae more. I dont know why i connected with it, but i did.
silmido is loosely based on actual events, so i found it more interesting. that girl from tae geuki was a babe, but she committed suicide like two years later after filming korea's version of 'the scarlett letter'.
