Review of Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (2004) by Andy H — 06 Sep 2009

Excellent Jang Dong Gun's performance.

This review of Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (2004) was written by Andy H on 06 Sep 2009.

Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War has generally received very positive reviews.

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By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 22 Jun 2016

With killing as an end in itself, combatants lose sight of what they were supposed to be taking up arms for in the first place…

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By Derek Elley (230) for Variety (12,700) on 04 May 2012

Kang remains a superb technician, but somewhere the movie forgot to pack any genuine emotion along with its ordnance and K rations…

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By Arash B (269) on 05 Dec 2012

Shallow & simplistic to say the least & it's a pity because it had potential, The big brother's change of character & two brothers' interactions…

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By V.a. Musetto (698) for New York Post (6,650) on 13 Jul 2016

Shamelessly contrived and manipulative, Tae Guk Gi packs a visceral wallop…

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By William B (992) on 28 Jul 2013

Better than Saving Private Ryan which was technically superb but I felt that the effort to find and repatriate the unworthy Pvt…

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By Nathan S (826) on 14 Sep 2012

WORTH SEEING IT! the best part is the battle scene.. you really can see bullets flying all around the scene.. huhuhu…

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By Justin B (2,000) on 07 Dec 2012

Jin-tae: [pulls out Jin-seok's pen that he lost] I found this in the fire. I've been holding onto this for you. Jin-seok: Give it to me…

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By Dina C (4) on 09 Aug 2013

Amazing film. A masterpiece of film making…

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By Jonathan S (1,990) on 19 Oct 2012

I cried more watching this movie than I have on any other movie. War is terrible. Incredible…

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By Scubasteve Walter M (522) on 24 Sep 2013

There's nothing left to say in this incredible war epic. My only complain is the heavy drama in the end, an alternate ending is better…

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