All in all, though, the way director Kang Je-gyu blindly overreaches for tragedy in the end only cements his accomplishment as a rousing B-epic filmmaker. Thanks to its excess, and even at 140 minutes ...
The Korean filmmaker Kang Je-gyu is the Steven Spielberg of East Asia, and not just because his movies routinely become blockbusters. Both his 1996 first feature, "The Gingko Bed," and his 1999 "Shiri ...
When it comes to cinematic portrayals of conflict, some titles inevitably dominate the conversation. Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan is one, Sam Peckinpah’s Cross of Iron another. But on IMDb, ...
TWO ASIAN WAR EPICS opening this weekend form a study in contrasts. Both "Bang Rajan" (see capsule review on Page 38) and "Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War" depict intense, one might even say ...
If there's a war more forgotten than the Korean, then I've forgotten about it. Thus it's pleasing to note, as an antidote to failing memories (or dim educations), the arrival of "Tae Guk Gi: The ...
Asian filmmakers are taking Hollywood to school. Their lesson: how to make an epic on a budget. China did it with the $30 million Hero. South Korea has done it even better with Tae Guk Gi: The ...
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