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The Battleship Island

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Roughly 400 Korean laborers try to escape from Battleship Island during the Japanese colonial era.

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Justin Lowe The Hollywood Reporter 08/08/2017
Technically accomplished, narratively impoverished. Go to Full Review Simon Abrams RogerEbert.com 08/04/2017
3/4
While Battleship Island is sometimes unpleasant to watch, it is a consistently involving, atypically thoughtful crowd-pleaser. Go to Full Review Andy Webster New York Times 08/03/2017
Though Mr. Ryoo's taste for heightened theatricality threatens his story's credibility at times, there is no denying his skill with a large-scale action set piece. Go to Full Review James Mudge easternKicks.com 03/05/2021
3.5/5
Undermined by melodramatic and manipulative plotting, it's nevertheless an above-average Korean blockbuster, benefitting from a top drawer cast and grand sets and set pieces Go to Full Review William Schwartz HanCinema 06/21/2019
Don't mistake The Battleship Island for mere torture porn about how the Japanese Empire was bad. Go to Full Review Louisa Moore Screen Zealots 12/20/2018
3/5
The Battleship Island liberally fictionalizes a real (and horrific) WWII event to rewrite history into a much more satisfying outcome. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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razvan p @n1mr0d 10/12/2023 main char picked poorly , too much death and insanity around .. also fails the utilitarian check .. hard to admire many things in it as it isnt that smart See more 01/19/2023 Another good story that shows both ugliness and goodness that humans are capable of. See more 01/01/2022 A great war movie. The battle scene was very intense! See more 12/02/2021 The best Korean movie. See more 05/10/2020 A lot of action and fighting. A really good movie. See more 12/08/2019 What did you think of the movie See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Ryoo Seung-wan

Director

Hwang Jung-min

Lee Kang-ok

So Ji-sub

Choi Chil-sung

Song Joong-ki

Park Moo-young

Lee Jung-hyun

Oh Mal-nyeon

Kim Su-an

Lee Sohui
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Movie Info

Synopsis Roughly 400 Korean laborers try to escape from Battleship Island during the Japanese colonial era.
Director
Ryoo Seung-wan
Producer
Jo Seong-min
Screenwriter
Ryoo Seung-wan
Distributor
CJ Entertainment
Production Co
Filmmaker R&K
Genre
History, Drama, Action
Original Language
Korean
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 28, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 8, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA)
$1.1M
Runtime
2h 12m
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