Review of Steel Rain (2017) by Gregory W — 20 Mar 2018

This is a surprising film that conveys a Korean perspective on unification much different than what we get from the US media. In an action packed spy thriller, the story is the humanity of two agents from the North and South learning to trust and even like each other as the symbol that against all odds, unification of Korea is not just a pipe dream.

There are subtle and not so subtle digs and critique of the USA's role in the Korean problem. The theme of the film is that the bad guys on both sides are the people who are using the division of Korea for their own personal power and profit and that is much worse than the division itself.