Another historically bombastic thrilling filmic interpretation of what has been written. These horrorific years to what came after South Korea. It is astonishing. One of the things I was wondering as I have never thought when I read about this, was, how unstable the regime had to be back then to allow this in the way it happened. But again, that is why it was a coup d'état after all.
As to the film itself, it was another phenomenal opportunity to understand and re-educate oneself from the history of these tumultuous years ahead. From previous movies like "The President's last Bang", "A Taxi Driver", "The Attorney" and "1987: When the Day Comes" are all a great compendium of this particular events of South Korea history. Phenomenal movie with a gripping bitterness efect due to its repercussions.
Shout by NANCAY WANGBlockedParent2023-12-15T13:51:48Z
A very well directed movie - Jung Woo-Sung was amazing and if you don't know your Korean history going into this, it's pretty insane. While they did dramatize some parts for cinematic effect, the fact that this Coup even happened is insane. All the detail that goes into prevention and a possible counterattack, the messy military rankings and personal relationships within the military, the unpredictability of war were all so human.
If Director Hong Sung-soo created this movie to remind the public of who the real heroes were, I think it does the job incredibly.
I think anyone who watches this movie should read up on the history.