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One of the most realistic depictions of war I've watched.
I somehow found this dubbed in English. It actually wasn't that bad, but I wish I could have found it in Korean. Weirdly enough, I could only find it in English and Russian.
Set in Korea, July 1953, during the battle of the Kamgang Bridge. I personally don't know much about this battle, but I'm very interested in studying it & the war itself after watching this movie. I'm not sure how much truth I will get from it since the winners write our history, but I'm interested nonetheless.
All the focus is on this one bridge. One side is trying to destroy it while the other keeps rebuilding. It's a never-ending cycle of hope being built up and then crushed. We get the POV of the Korean ground troops and the American fighter pilots. The two stories aren't told in sync, so it was a little confusing until I realized that. This movie doesn't try to get you emotionally attached to any of the characters; it's showing you the reality of war through their eyes. And it's an uplifting and soul-crushing thing to see. Uplifting because of the sheer tenacity of humans, but soul-crushing because you see how cruel and greedy some can be over the littlest things. (I'm going to stop there before I go on a rant.)
I won't spoil it, but the ending scene was the reason I watched this movie, and it was honestly an empowering thing to see. Even more so because of the 2 hours building up to that moment. Then it ends by showing us a fully built bridge in the same place, I'm guessing, in the present day, and I got a sense of pride seeing it.
This movie was far from perfect, but it's a story that I believe needed to be told.
Set in Korea, July 1953, during the battle of the Kamgang Bridge. I personally don't know much about this battle, but I'm very interested in studying it & the war itself after watching this movie. I'm not sure how much truth I will get from it since the winners write our history, but I'm interested nonetheless.
All the focus is on this one bridge. One side is trying to destroy it while the other keeps rebuilding. It's a never-ending cycle of hope being built up and then crushed. We get the POV of the Korean ground troops and the American fighter pilots. The two stories aren't told in sync, so it was a little confusing until I realized that. This movie doesn't try to get you emotionally attached to any of the characters; it's showing you the reality of war through their eyes. And it's an uplifting and soul-crushing thing to see. Uplifting because of the sheer tenacity of humans, but soul-crushing because you see how cruel and greedy some can be over the littlest things. (I'm going to stop there before I go on a rant.)
I won't spoil it, but the ending scene was the reason I watched this movie, and it was honestly an empowering thing to see. Even more so because of the 2 hours building up to that moment. Then it ends by showing us a fully built bridge in the same place, I'm guessing, in the present day, and I got a sense of pride seeing it.
This movie was far from perfect, but it's a story that I believe needed to be told.
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