The first thing I noticed was the sharp high quality filming and good subtitles. Then, drawn into the story, the shock of seeing the Americans/Koreans seining foreword a suicide unit of 773 x 17 year olds into certain death against the North Korean 5th army regulars. The biggest shock apart form the waste was seeing the American govt try to cover up the story as secret intelligence, and the totally evil General officers of South Korea put the blame on the heroic colonel leading the attack, sentencing him to death for losing so many men. With publicity by US female war reporters this was rescinded and after many years he got recognition for his troops. As with the Siege of Jadotville, the men fight and the political seniors blame them. Very good film.

THE BATTLE OF JANGSARI is a typically emotional and melodramatic war movie from South Korea, not as good as previous films in this genre but still worth a look. My only complaint is that not enough time was spent on the action; there are only three big battle sequences here and even they aren't particularly big, but more moderately-sized. The whole sub-plot involving Megan Fox's reporter reminded me of the need to have token Americans in the old kaiju flicks back in the 1960s, and yes, Fox is just as wooden as Nick Adams et al ever were. The action is handled superbly, particularly the mid-running time set-piece involving a tunnel, and the characterisation is solid if predictable. If you want even better similar movies, check out the likes of BROTHERHOOD, 71 INTO THE FIRE and THE FRONT LINE.