Synopsis
There are breakpoints in the history, the result of a single event may change the whole course. In 1909, an assassination attempt of a Japanese governor fails. Now, in 2009, Korea is just another state of Japan's Empire & Seoul has become a major city. A Korean resistance group fights for liberty, independence & the restoration of true history. Two cops, Japanese & Korean, investigate the group.
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Cast
- Jang Dong-gunMasayuki Sakamoto
- Toru NakamuraShojiro Saigo
- Jin-ho SeoHaerin
- Shin GooTakahashi
- Ahn Kil-kangLee Myung-hak
- Kim Gyu-riKindergarten teacher
- Jo Sang-geonKim Dae-seong
- Cheon Ho-jinElder
- Miki YoshimuraYuriko
- Masaaki Daimon
Recommendations
- 70
The New York Times
The result is an impressive, if too long, first feature that is likely to raise Japanese hackles and Korean spirits in roughly equal proportion. - 60
TV Guide Magazine
Though it ultimately devolves into megabudget Hollywood action-movie cliches by way of John Woo, Lee's handsome blockbuster is an entertaining variation on the American formulas that have colonized world cinema. - 40
Variety
More often a noirish action drama, a melancholy meditation on history and nationalism, than the high-tech thriller promised by its hype and artwork. - 20
Village Voice
Why not travel back in time and not make this movie?
