Watching the entire movie, I felt ashamed of myself, I couldn't tell whether North Korea was North Korea and South Korea was South Korea while watching the movie, which was almost a joke. After watching it, I found out that the director is actually Park Chan-wook. Compared with the relatively restrained performance of his previous films this time, the high quality of the film is mainly reflected in the production, actors, and script. The smooth editing of the film and the coherent narrative have greatly improved the viewing experience. In terms of actors, the stable Song Kangho, the handsome Lee Byung Hun, and the tender Lee Young Ae are all impressive. What I like most is the solid script of the film, which reflects the sensitive issues of the two countries through the image of the four soldiers. The director did not deliberately favor or discredit one party in the film, but instead used neutrality as a starting point to guide the audience to correctly understand the facts. Today's relations between the two countries are still tense, and it is difficult to imagine a nation that can be torn apart into such a tragedy that war and ideological confrontation will result.
Even now, this film should be trans-epoch, thanks to the reflections on the war by some of these filmmakers, and the signal of peace sent. After watching the whole film, except for a small part that shows the cruelty of the war, most of the rest is about national unity.
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