It's an epic tale of jealousy, misplaced love and fraternal infighting that often feels closer in tone to Once Upon a Time in America than Platoon.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 24, 2019

Kang Je-gyu seems to thrive in a film that could be described as a blockbuster regarding the war between North and South Korea, and individuals' relationships within this frame

| Dec 16, 2018

| Original Score: 6/10 | Jun 4, 2005

It's powerfully moving and thoroughly involving, although rather over-constructed.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 6, 2005

The 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.

| Mar 11, 2005

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 1, 2005

Tae Guk Gi joins the ranks of classic war epics, besting many of the Hollywood movies it aims to emulate.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Feb 17, 2005

Later scenes in Brotherhood make mad, passionate love with being cliched.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Dec 9, 2004

The battle scenes are amazing in their scope and vehemence. But in the breaks between fighting, the movie reminds us that the costs of war can exceed the loss of life and limb.

| Dec 9, 2004

Tae Guk Gi is The Deer Hunter and Saving Private Ryan for South Korea's burgeoning cinema.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 18, 2004

At times the performances seem more akin to the histrionics of old silent movies, when emotions had to be seen because they couldn't be heard.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 12, 2004

What 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.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 12, 2004

Although flawed, the film is obviously successful in bringing to life what has been called the 20th century's 'forgotten war.'

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 12, 2004

For fans of New Korean Cinema with strong stomachs for violence and melodrama, there's a lot to love.

Full Review | Nov 5, 2004

While Tae Guk Gi's horrific imagery is peppered throughout with moments of surreal beauty, it remains one of the most realistic depictions of battlefield chaos I can think of.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 19, 2004

| Original Score: D+ | Oct 6, 2004

Even with its overemotional moments, it's more honest than most.

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Sep 30, 2004

Brutal yet meaningful, agonizing yet touching, The Brotherhood of War is a harrowing but rewarding experience.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Sep 24, 2004

Worth seeing for its sheer otherness at a time when Americans are forced to look increasingly at the outside world for new information.

| Sep 10, 2004

Thanks to its excess, and even at 140 minutes, Tae Guk Gi always entertains, just like Pearl Harbor and the rest of the best of Hollywood's dumb war movies.

| Original Score: B | Sep 9, 2004