Review of 71: Into the Fire (2010) by Steve W — 27 Aug 2012
Based on a true story, it tells the story of a group of 71 student soldiers that left behind to defend a high school in Pohang. While the experienced troops are off fighting invasion forces, another small force led by a rough General plans to attack the school. Only the group of experienced soldiers can stop them and hold their ground.
The movie does have good round character development for the student soldiers. The big problem is that most of their character arcs end early for the final battle. The rogue student never faces punishment for anything he does, and his superior just doesn't do anything about it for the whole movie.
And then the villain ends up facing them one vs. two and it gets very action movie cliched. The strong points overwhelm the weaker ones,but some tighter pacing with the characters before the climax would have made for a better movie.
This review of 71: Into the Fire (2010) was written by Steve W on 27 Aug 2012.
71: Into the Fire has generally received very positive reviews.
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