
In 1950, in South Korea, shoe-shiner Jin-tae Lee and his 18-year-old old student brother, Jin-seok Lee, form a poor but happy family with their mother, Jin-tae's fiancé Young-shin Kim, and her young sisters. Jin-tae and his mother are tough workers, who sacrifice themselves to send Jin-seok to the university. When North Korea invades the South, the family escapes to a relative's house in the country, but along their journey, Jin-seok is forced to join the army to fight in th... (Full plot summary below)
Enjoy FREE movies and series with your Prime (USA) subscription or when you start a 30-day free trial!
Links compiled using automated software. Availability of offers subject to change / might be region specific / out of date.
In 1950, in South Korea, shoe-shiner Jin-tae Lee and his 18-year-old old student brother, Jin-seok Lee, form a poor but happy family with their mother, Jin-tae's fiancé Young-shin Kim, and her young sisters. Jin-tae and his mother are tough workers, who sacrifice themselves to send Jin-seok to the university. When North Korea invades the South, the family escapes to a relative's house in the country, but along their journey, Jin-seok is forced to join the army to fight in the front, and Jin-tae enlists too to protect his young brother. The commander promises Jin-tae that if he gets a medal he would release his brother, and Jin-tae becomes the braver soldier in the company. Along the bloody war between brothers, the relationship of Jin-seok with his older brother deteriorates leading to a dramatic and tragic end.
Leave your thoughts about Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War.
| San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonEpic in scope and violent in a way that every war film has to be since Saving Private Ryan, Taegukgi is a big-time movie that never loses sight of its human story. |
| Kansas City StarRobert W. ButlerThe beauty of writer/director Je-gyu Kang's work is his ability to gloss over the dramatic deficiencies with some of the best combat footage ever. |
| Chicago TribuneRobert K. ElderBelongs to that brand of sweeping, conflict-era drama epitomized by "Saving Private Ryan," "Gone with the Wind" and TV miniseries "North and South." |
| Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovThe most costly and the most popular film in South Korean history is also one of the most gripping and epic war films ever made, and certainly the only one I can think of the portrays the Korean war from the viewpoint of both sides of the conflict. |
| Los Angeles CityBeatAndy Klein...take a number of its cues from Saving Private Ryan...it's overall tone, however, is more melodramatic. |
| NewsdayJan StuartAlternately brutal and schlocky, and occasionally both at the same time. |
| New TimesLuke Y. Thompson...it's not only one of the year's best films, but it may be one of the all-time great war movies |
| Jam! MoviesJim SlotekWhat really separates Tae Guk Gi from Private Ryan's ilk is that the conflicted Koreans fight desperately in their own backyard, as opposed to U.S. movie soldiers who are always on an adventure abroad. |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris Hewitt (St. Paul)Later scenes in Brotherhood make mad, passionate love with being cliched. |
| Entertainment WeeklyGregory KirschlingAlways entertains, just like ''Pearl Harbor'' and the rest of the best of Hollywood's dumb war movies. |