The Battle of Jangsari

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The Battle of Jangsari

Released Oct 4, 2019

1h 48m

War

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A depiction of the Battle of Incheon during the Korean War in 1950.

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Cary Darling

Houston Chronicle

If director Kwak Kyung-Taek and writers Brian Chung and Cory Gustke have a tendency to fall deep into predictability, the battle scenes make up for it...The trench warfare attack, which comes about 30 minutes in, is close-quarters brutal.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 9, 2019

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William Schwartz

HanCinema

The production team pulls no punches when it comes to the terrifying nonsense of war

Mar 24, 2021

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Carey-Ann Pawsey

Orca Sound

The battle scenes are quite well done. They are the prime reason to watch this film.

Rated: 2/5

Apr 23, 2020

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James Marsh

South China Morning Post

Formulaic to a fault, The Battle of Jangsari rolls out a procession of war movie clichés with regimented efficiency, but without a glimmer of individuality or invention.

Rated: 2/5

Mar 11, 2020

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Evan Dossey

Midwest Film Journal

Decent action sequences can't bring much meaning to this tepid, miscast melodrama.

Jan 21, 2020

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Richard Yu

Cinema Escapist

While on the surface Jangsari is "just another war movie,'' it's important because it recognizes that adolescents can rise to the task when their families and futures are threatened.

Oct 11, 2019

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Epic war movie!!! Myung-Min Kim is always strong in drama! But beauty Megan Fox I think was unnecessary here...

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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Wow, why are the real critics so down on this movie? It is just fine. The battle scenes are well done. The story itself is somewhat unique and generally unknown to the audience, so it is fresh. The character development is typical war movie stuff. There is the usual comparison of hard life back home and the classic dilemma of what to do when a friend or relative is fighting for the other side. But aside from all the standard war movie cliches this movie is highly watchable. The objectives and challenges are clearly identified. The helicopter that appears in the middle is from the completely incorrect era, however. It appears to be a UH-1 which did not exist until 1959. That was a distraction.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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brian c

Living in SE Asia with many Korean, plus bit of a post WWII history buff, i welcomed this rare insight into the Asian mind and strengths. As for a movie, the characters are developed into unique indiviguals with several compelled sup plots; the girl who fights instead of her brother for family heritage reasons, the boy who is one of 11 siblings and suffers loss of love of his parents, many more. Reading the revues and seeing the, critics 38% score vs the 88% score of movie lovers,, again i believe many of the critics have lost touch with why we love going to the movies.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

This movie was surprisingly good, I didn't really know what to expect. Megan Fox has really grown as an actor and delivers a great performance.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Great war drama. If as tired as I am with world war 2 movies, see this. Never forget the Korean war and those who fought in it.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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michael

Based on history. Very enjoyable

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/13/19

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Kwak Kyung-taek

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Kim Tae-hun

Director

Choi Min-ho

Choi Seongpil

Kim Myung-min

Lee Myeongjun

Sung-Cheol Kim

Ki Haryun

Kim In-kwon

Ryu Taeseok

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Synopsis

A depiction of the Battle of Incheon during the Korean War in 1950.

Director: Kwak Kyung-taek, Kim Tae-hun
Screenwriter: Lee Manhui
Distributor: Well Go USA
Production Co: Taewon Entertainment
Genre: War
Original Language: Korean
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 4, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 26, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA): $70.9K
Runtime: 1h 48m

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