Park tries to make us believe that the men soldiers on both sides would have no trouble bonding if ideologies and uniforms didn't get in the way of things.
JSA - Joint Security Area (2002)
Runtime: 2 hrs
Synopsis: This Korean thriller mines the historic tension between North and South Korea over activity in the JSA, the Joint Security Area, a region guarded by armies from both counties. When two North Korean soldiers are found dead there, it sets off a political chain of events that threatens to plunge... This Korean thriller mines the historic tension between North and South Korea over activity in the JSA, the Joint Security Area, a region guarded by armies from both counties. When two North Korean soldiers are found dead there, it sets off a political chain of events that threatens to plunge the countries into war. [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Kang-ho Song
DVD Info
Release:
Dec 7, 2005
DVD Features:
- Region (unknown)
- Keep Case
- Widescreen
Audio:
- Dolby Surround Sound 5.1 English
- Dolby Stereo 2.0 English
- Dolby Surround Sound 5.1Korean
Reviews
Além do impecável senso estético de Park e de seu imenso talento para a narrativa, o filme traz uma bela mensagem humanitária e anti-bélica.
It’s another triumph from one of the world’s best new filmmakers, and it is not to be missed.
A beguiling mix of the generic and the unfamiliar, and it ends on a shot that's nothing short of heartbreaking.
Park Chan-Wook's Joint Security Area is a fairly straightforward whodunit with a pointedly political theme and an unapologetically humanist message.
Park's film reveals its double agency by swinging between emotion-charged flashbacks of weepie male bonding and the investigative longueurs of the icy, half-Korean, half-Swedish female officer in charge of mopping up the brotherly bloodbath.
An intelligent murder mystery set at the only meeting point between North and South Korea, whose tragic solution reveals the war zone's tension between hate and humanity.
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