Review of Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (2004) by Gloria I — 16 Jun 2009

Brotherhood of War was above my expectations.This film draw me so deeply, I forgot I was reading subtitles. This film had very realistic battle scenes, It was done in the style of "Saving Private Ryan", which was a very good film, but I found this better. The cinematography was of the highest quality for a foreign film of its type. Although there was plenty of war time action, this movie was about more than that.

The backbone of the film was the brotherly love between the two brothers. The film was between intense action scenes and also scenes where they showed their inner feelings, and mental struggle. The brotherly love was deep, so much that it caused tension between themselves. It was shown with such chemistry.The performance by the actors and the directing was superb.