Post by velvet inkbrush of YiSoonShin on Dec 6, 2004 11:53:44 GMT -5
hey guys
just another suggestion if you want to see a really great korean movie,
Based on a true story, the title, Silmido (pronounced Shil mee doh) refers to an island off the coast of south korea where 31 death row convicts are offered a chance at life in exchange for agreeing to train for a top secret mission. Their task - to infiltrate the north and slit the throat of Kim Il Sung, dictator of north korea. Though they succeed in surviving the brutal training on the island, the mission is suddenly canceled in light of a new foreign policy towards north korea. Unaware, the men find out later that they government, after promising them pardon, salary and honorable status, was disavowing any knowledge of their existence. Enraged, the unit - unit 684 - put their combat training to use and escape the island with one goal - to storm the Blue house (equivalent of the white house) and speak with president Bahk Jung-Hee.
thoughone would think that there would be little room for sympathy towards convicted criminals and terrorists, you become very drawn into the lives of the 31 men. The characters are beautifully written and extremely complex. And at the end what is most striking is that you wonder who were the greater criminals, the government officials who were willing to kill 31 men in order to cover up their former plans, or the men who suffered together and built the deepest of bonds in the worst of circumstances.
the movie does a wonderful job of elaborating on what sort of effect such harsh and dehumanizing effects would have on a person's psyche, but it also shows that despite it all, a person can still retain a sense of dignity and honor.
watch this movie - you will not be disappointed.
available with subtitles
oh - and the archer from MuSa is in it as the drill captain and he is the ULTIMATE bad@ss.
just another suggestion if you want to see a really great korean movie,
Based on a true story, the title, Silmido (pronounced Shil mee doh) refers to an island off the coast of south korea where 31 death row convicts are offered a chance at life in exchange for agreeing to train for a top secret mission. Their task - to infiltrate the north and slit the throat of Kim Il Sung, dictator of north korea. Though they succeed in surviving the brutal training on the island, the mission is suddenly canceled in light of a new foreign policy towards north korea. Unaware, the men find out later that they government, after promising them pardon, salary and honorable status, was disavowing any knowledge of their existence. Enraged, the unit - unit 684 - put their combat training to use and escape the island with one goal - to storm the Blue house (equivalent of the white house) and speak with president Bahk Jung-Hee.
thoughone would think that there would be little room for sympathy towards convicted criminals and terrorists, you become very drawn into the lives of the 31 men. The characters are beautifully written and extremely complex. And at the end what is most striking is that you wonder who were the greater criminals, the government officials who were willing to kill 31 men in order to cover up their former plans, or the men who suffered together and built the deepest of bonds in the worst of circumstances.
the movie does a wonderful job of elaborating on what sort of effect such harsh and dehumanizing effects would have on a person's psyche, but it also shows that despite it all, a person can still retain a sense of dignity and honor.
watch this movie - you will not be disappointed.
available with subtitles
oh - and the archer from MuSa is in it as the drill captain and he is the ULTIMATE bad@ss.
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