film review

Gerardo 2022-04-20 09:02:13

"Joint Security Zone" is the best Korean movie I've ever seen, bar none. A firefight incident in the joint security area of ​​the 38th parallel triggered layers of investigations on both sides. After hanging for a long time, the neutral Switzerland discharged its soldiers to participate in the investigation. Sophie, a female police officer who is not afraid of tigers, insists on finding out the truth. As the investigation deepens, memories that are both true and false, lies full of hatred, evidence that was lost and found, and a decisive decision to die, restore the truth of the matter like a cocoon. Like me, how many people have been unable to restrain their inner emotions and burst into tears. Home and national conditions - war is cruel, and politics is more cruel than war. The same clan and clan were artificially divided into two countries, they spoke the same language, but lived under different ideologies, received different education, and were influenced by different cultures, so they had different beliefs and beliefs. difference in life. Just like the two episodes in the movie, when Lee Byung Hun jokingly said to Song Kanghao, "Are you coming to the South, can you eat all the chocolate pie?" Song Kanghao spat out the chocolate pie he had eaten in his mouth and said word by word: " My dream is that one day North Korea will be able to make sweeter candies than South Korea.” When Kim Byung-woo took pictures of the other three, he deliberately avoided the photo of the head of state hanging on the wall. However, none of this can change the fact that they are of the same root. They also long for unity, for reunion, and for standing in the forest of nations in the world as a whole. Also like our two sides of the strait...

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  • Theodore 2022-03-27 09:01:15

    Even though I know it's impossible, I still hope this happens.

  • Chesley 2022-03-19 09:01:07

    It should be regarded as the second Korean movie that moved me. As a Chinese, I think I will have a very deep feeling about this movie... North Korea / Strait

Joint Security Area quotes

  • Sgt. Lee Soo-hyeok: Hey Assholes! You just gonna leave me here?

    Sgt. Oh Kyeong-pil: You told us to go.

    Sgt. Lee Soo-hyeok: I said don't come closer, when did I say to leave, you fuckers!

  • Maj. Gen. Bruno Botta: You haven't learned much about Panmunjom yet. Here, the peace is preserved by hiding the truth. What they both really want is that this investigation proves nothing after all.