this was a korean movie that came out last year.... i wanted to see it at the cinemas but never got around to it.....
finally.... saw it today....
the movie is set in the korean war.... based on a true story.... well... based on a true situation.... then produced into a movie plot....
the story is about the high school students who were left to defend a post.... south korea had been pushed back all the way to the south coast, and in order to fight a bigger battle, the trained soldiers had to leave the city of Pohang, and left 71 students at the post to defend it....
when the troops left Pohang, they hoped that the north korean troops would not run through that city, but they did... and of the 71 student-soldiers, who had no prior training, only 2 survived to this day....
like all war movies.... so its BASED on true scenarios, but characters are reproduced to a degree to make it a movie.... also probably due to the sensitivity of the north korean agenda, there is still some parts in the movie where they sympathise for the enemy.... im sure even during that time, since it was a "civil" war.... that kind of thought ran through some soldiers minds....
now.... in 2011.... the korean divide is still an issue.... i wonder in the minds of the soldiers today.... if they still sympathise and question why the 2 koreas are at war....???
obviously i wish there isnt a breakout of war again.... but seeing that movie.... and now knowing that in the beginning it only took 3 days for the north to run through seoul..... i really wish there isnt a 2nd chapter to the korean war....
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