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Battle of Jangsari (2019)

Directed by Kwak Kyung-taek, Kim Tae-hun

War | History | Thriller

Overview

Korean War, September 1950. In order to fight the enemy forces based in the South of the peninsula, General MacArthur orders the start of the Incheon Landing Operation, deploying diversionary attacks in other locations. Without real military forces to spare, 772 very young Korean student soldiers, barely trained, are sent to Jangsari Beach, where they will face a heroic fate and discover the value of friendship. (A sequel to Operation Chromite, released in 2016.)

Rated NR | Length 104 minutes

Actors

Kim Myung-min | Choi Min-ho | Kim Sung-chul | Kim In-kwon | Kwak Si-yang | Lee Jae-wook | Jang Ji-gun | Lee ho-jeong | Dong Bang-woo | George Eads | Megan Fox | Jung Jong-joon | Han Chul-woo | Hwang Jae-yeol | Kim Jin-wook | Kim Min-kyu | Lee Cheol-min | Yang Jung-gyeong | Jang Myung-kap | Kim Mi-hwa | Daniel Joey Albright | Daniel C Kennedy | Park Ji-hoon | Bret Allan Lindquist | Seo Jin-won | Jonathan Ehren Groff

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Checking out the new Megan Fox Korean film. I may be done viewing war dramatizations. I can appreciate the craft but it’s not enjoyable watching hundreds of men get gunned down in a futile battle. Just makes me sad to view even though I understand why the movie was made. Poor Megan Fox only gets a few minutes of screen time in a thankless role as a war corespondent (hopefully she was paid well). Most of the film is about this unit of 700 student soldiers tasked with taking the Jangsari beach against unbeatable odds of the North Koreans. It’s quite tragic. The embellishments didn’t help. And despite being based on true events, you can’t help but question some of the tactics deployed wishing they would have done certain things better. ~sigh~

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