The Front Line

Name: The Front Line
Genre: Drama, War
Released: January 20, 2012
Duration: 133 min
Rating: 59
Cast: Chang-Seok Ko, Ha-kyun Shin, Je-hoon Lee, Seung-su Ryu, Soo Go

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Well Go | Release Date: January 20, 2012

Starring: Chang-Seok Ko, Ha-kyun Shin, Je-hoon Lee, Seung-su Ryu, Soo Go

Summary: This is a story about three million soldiers who fought in the war, not remembering the reason anymore, and died wishing for the end of it. In February 1951, in Korea, while the armistice negotiation still faces difficulties, the battle continues in the Eastern front line, on the Aero.K. A company commander of the South Korean army dies inThis is a story about three million soldiers who fought in the war, not remembering the reason anymore, and died wishing for the end of it. In February 1951, in Korea, while the armistice negotiation still faces difficulties, the battle continues in the Eastern front line, on the Aero.K. A company commander of the South Korean army dies in battle, and the bullet found in his body belongs to the South Korean army. Lieutenant of the Defense Security Command Kang Eun-pyo is sent to the Eastern front line to investigate if this is related to any collusion with the enemy. (Will Go USA Entertainment)… Expand

Director: Hun Jang

Genre(s): Drama, War

Runtime: 133 min

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Lisa Schwarzbaum

Jan 18, 2012

This strong, assured Band of Brothers-style drama from director Jang Hun makes universal points about bonding, misery, loyalty, and the senselessness of war through a portfolio of soldiers. Read full review

Noel Murray

Jan 18, 2012

The action in The Front Line is bloody and tense, but the movie also reduces war to its simplest terms, defining it in terms of the reluctant soldiers who know that only accidents of birth and location determined which side of the battlefield they inhabit. Read full review

V.A. Musetto

Jan 20, 2012

As North Korea undergoes a highly publicized change of leadership, The Front Line proves timely. In fact, one of the movie's army commanders looks like the north's new baby dictator, Kim Jong-un. Read full review

Stephen Holden

Jan 19, 2012

A movie that reserves its final sickening wallop for a grueling half-hour that leaves you as emotionally battered as the soldiers are forced to return to hell for one last senseless round. Read full review

Glenn Whipp

Jan 20, 2012

Jang and screenwriter Park Sang-yeon recognize the situation's senselessness but can't resist ramping up the melodrama and celebrating the heroism of the battle-fatigued soldiers. These contradictory impulses, combined with the film's undercooked characters, make The Front Line a war movie not quite worth engaging. Read full review

Bill Weber

Jan 17, 2012

Both brutal and sentimental, this Oscar-submitted Korean war drama offers up rusty tropes as telling ironies. Read full review

David Fear

Jan 17, 2012

A huge hit in its native country, Hun Jang's epic doesn't lack for spectacle or incident: In addition to its war-what-is-it-good-for? moralizing, it also piles on bloody battle scenes, subplots involving a sniper and a supply chest, and a nihilistic last-minute twist. What you don't get is the sense that this pumped-up combat-fatigue chronicle is pandering-or, for that matter, particularly original. Read full review

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Meth-dude

Sep 1, 2019

While it is cliché and very melodramatic, "The Front Line" is still a surprisingly good war film. With good acting performances, interesting characters, gripping visuals and a very pessimistic ending, it's well worth watching.

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