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The storyline reminds me of....

posted 14 years ago by Vinzy
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The movie i saw years ago....
it's South Korean anti-war movie Welcome To Dongmakgol (2005)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0475783/
>> The story is set in Korea during the Korean War in 1950. Soldiers from both Korea (3 from North and 2 from South) find themselves in a secluded village. They confront each other at the beginning but bonds friendship in the end

Hmm, sounds similar to me....Is this a remake? loose adaptation? or what?
Can somebody explain to me?

thanks ~

*sorry 4 my bad english*

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[–] Pingo-2 14 years ago

I think it sounds even more like ENEMY MINE (1985) by Wolfgang Petersen. Very interesting and underestimated sci-fi:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089092/

/ Pingo

[–] jax-28 14 years ago

Yeah. If it had been a Hollywood movie I could picture it being pitched as Nazi Enemy Mine in the snow...

[–] BeatPoet1972 13 years ago

Yeah..It's almost a dead ringer..

"I rather have a bottle in front of me than have to have a frontal lobotomy"

[–] Arisuta 12 years ago

That should read: 'I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full frontal lobotomy.' Here to help.

"Which it will be ready when it's READY!" Preserved Killick, Master and Commander

[–] BeatPoet1972 12 years ago

I know, but wrote it like Tom Waits said it:D

"I rather have a bottle in front of me than have to have a frontal lobotomy"

[–] Arisuta 12 years ago

Oh, really? Well if Tom said it like that it must be OK. :D

"Which it will be ready when it's READY!" Preserved Killick, Master and Commander

[–] airyanne 14 years ago

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063056/

Hell in the Pacific was a similar plot. There was another very similar to it as well release about the same time, however I can't remember the title or actors.

[–] megoing42 13 years ago

Hell in the Pacific is also the first movie to come to mind. Great minds I guess;)

[–] mikeintexas 13 years ago

The plot outline reminds me of A Midnight Clear.

[–] Buxfilms 13 years ago

haha i was thinking the same thing, and and then i came across your post. the 2 films do sound similar though

[–] djnobeat 13 years ago

To quote the director:
"It is a Norwegian film with an international cast but it is inspired by an event that took place here in Norway during WWII. From a Norwegian perspective I think it is a different WWII story since we don’t focus on Nazi atrocities but on these five men and their meeting. That said, it is an universal story and I hope that our great cast will help the film both in Norway and abroad."

I hope this answers your question :-)

[–] nutsberryfarm 12 years ago

cool. thx.

A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.

[–] slayme69 12 years ago

Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra

:)

[–] wildfire160 12 years ago

OMG not Star Trek references i beg you

[–] wildfire160 12 years ago

you forgot about the American fighter pilot that turns up and joins them...

this doesn`t feel the same as Welcome To Dongmakgol to me that film was a fictional war film where i believe this is a truish story of sorts
closer to hell in the pacific and as others have said Enemy Mine

[–] lsd-monty 12 years ago

This movie reminds me of NO MAN'S LAND(2001).. That was a wonderful film where two soldiers from different countries ended up together in the "no man's land" in the midst of the raging war.. That film showed the tension between the two hostile soldiers.This film too has a similar plot-line but unlike to the NO MAN"S LAND they became pals in the end.NO MAN'S LAND depicted the death of both the soldiers in the end while a third was watching them resting his back on a mine that would explode at the slightest movement.

Both of these films are brilliant...