All in all, though, the way director Kang Je-gyu blindly overreaches for tragedy in the end only cements his accomplishment as a rousing B-epic filmmaker. Thanks to its excess, and even at 140 minutes ...

When it comes to cinematic portrayals of conflict, some titles inevitably dominate the conversation. Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan is one, Sam Peckinpah’s Cross of Iron another. But on IMDb, ...

TWO ASIAN WAR EPICS opening this weekend form a study in contrasts. Both "Bang Rajan" (see capsule review on Page 38) and "Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War" depict intense, one might even say ...

If there's a war more forgotten than the Korean, then I've forgotten about it. Thus it's pleasing to note, as an antidote to failing memories (or dim educations), the arrival of "Tae Guk Gi: The ...

If Americans think of the Korean War at all, it’s often as a kind of half-forgotten placeholder between World War II and Vietnam, two armed struggles with much more active and vocal constituencies. In ...

Asian filmmakers are taking Hollywood to school. Their lesson: how to make an epic on a budget. China did it with the $30 million Hero. South Korea has done it even better with Tae Guk Gi: The ...