The Great Battle (2018)

The Great Battle: Directed by Kwang-shik Kim. With Nam Joo-Hyuk, In-Sung Jo, Byeong-eun Park, Dong-il Sung. A historical film about the siege of Ansi Fortress and the epic eighty-eight day battle that Yang Man-chun and his Goguryeo troops fought against 500,000 invading Tang dynasty men to defend it.

“A movie that claims or has the title (at least internationally) of u0026quot;Great Battleu0026quot;, does have quite something to prove. And while it starts off with a battle scene, that is not the one that is meant in the title. I reckon there are more than one battle scenes anyway.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe fighting choreography and the framing/camera work are beautiful! More than that some might argue actually. Story is quite easy to follow. A friend of mine compared it to Musa, which I think does a disservice to this rather than helping it. Thatu0026#39;s a bar and a comparison you donu0026#39;t need to make, just enjoy this for what it is. Characters are nicely drawn, even if the whole thing is more or less predictable. Visually stunning is enough for some, not even close to enough for others of course”