Waste of time

To me, this movie is perfection.

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

Movie: War of the Arrows (15): Action - KoreanPositives: - The screenplay is gripping from the very first sequence. The action sequences are some of the best ones you would've ever seen in a South Korean action film.The visual effects are top notch and other technical aspects too are highly impressive.Park Hae-il delivers the best performance out of all, while Ryu Seung-ryong too is impressive as others.The editing is absolutely perfect.The film has no vulgarity or obscenity and can be seen with the whole family.The tension during archery sequences is very well built.The film has a lot of crowdpleasing and clapworthy moments.Negatives:Nil.Repeat value: YesWAR OF THE ARROWS is simply and definitely the best period action film I've seen from South Korea.

After watching an earlier disappointing film, and contemplating bed on a Christmas Eve, I took a chance on this film.It was 1.30am when I started and I figured that if I got bored I would simply turn in for the night.I'm writing this right after the film at 3.52am which hopefully indicates that it did far more than send me to sleep.A cracking film with a simple story, likable characters and top draw action scenes. The choreography and accompanying music in the chase scenes were electric and really ramped up the tension and excitement.What a wonderful Christmas surprise this turned out to be. See it if you can.

This is one of the best movies I've seen--I can watch it time and time again without getting bored. It gives a very nice depiction of Korean culture and history that I enjoy, but I know for a fact that many others can't understand many of the situations and problems that appear because of the cultural factor as well as other small details.1. The reviewer was unsure as to how the brother and sister's family became traitors. If you pay attention early on in the movie, you learn that the children's father was framed for treason against the king. If the father is a traitor, his wife, children, and even servants are guilty of the same crimes by default. The movie even goes on to explain that the king had betrayed his country and that he didn't care for his faithful subjects: in other words, he abandoned a faithful subject like the children's father. 2. The reviewer claimed that the brother looked too old to play the part. Well, the child actor as well as character in the movie would have been anywhere from 15 to 18 years old, based on the fact that he still wore his hair in a long braid down his back. Therefore it would make sense that 13 years after the prologue, the brother is well past his twenties and looking older than one might expect. He actually isn't young. 3. How did the brother know about the tiger and why did it only attack the villains? The scene prior to the appearance of the tiger shows that the brother sensed the tiger's presence. Having spent his life honing his senses in the woods and living near a tiger trap (tiger trap = tigers nearby) as shown in the early scenes, it's not a surprise that he could sense the animal's presence. As for the tiger only attacking the Chinese...story purposes. Also, the villains kill it before it can turn around to attack the brother. 4. The reviewer wondered how the brother pulled the arrow out of his own heart and then was able to accurately shoot. With this kind of logic, how would anyone expect wars to be won? The brother was running on adrenaline and desperation to save his sister. Damaging the heart in that way does not result in immediate death. He still had time before the heart finally stopped beating. 5. The reviewer thought that it was harsh of the brother to burn the Manchu Prince and that he didn't deserve such a horrific death. We can't forget that the prince invaded a country while butchering innumerable people and raping a different prisoner every night (this is implied in at least two scenes). Yes, as the reviewer said, he didn't do anything to the sister, but he intended to rape her and attempted to kill her after doing the same to many others before her. 6. The reviewer thinks that it was "too easy" for the brother to find and rescue his sister and overcome the fierce looking soldiers. Um. But untrained American soldiers won the Revolutionary War against highly trained British militia, did they not? Again, the brother had lived his life honing his skills. He was far from untrained and it's far from improbable that he could overtake a few "fierce looking soldiers." In addition, there is cultural meaning behind the whole chase itself. The brother had made a promise to his father to protect his younger sister, acting like her father. The promise itself is what drove him to such great lengths in order to save her. Without that immense determination to keep that promise and honor his father, he would not have had the means to do what he did. The chase was far from easy and the movie is clear proof of that. 7. Finally, the reviewer disliked the movie because of the "endless supply of arrows. In case no one else notices during the movie, the brother is constantly retrieving used arrows, fixing them, turning old arrows into new ones, and making new ones altogether. There are whole scenes dedicated to showing the reason behind the "endless supply."

I watched it once and I want to watch it again less than a month after the first serving. It is that good. The arrow shooting scenes are, as expected, spectacular. The photography is second to none and the story is well told, even though it is a tad on the simple side. Nevertheless the movie is highly recommendable. This is the story of a brother who goes against all odds to save his sister from capture by raiders coming from China. Outnumbered but not outwitted, he will prevail after a hair-raising adventure. This is an original twist to a tale because we're used to watch sniper-rifle action at long distance in the modern world. Now picture a sniper-bow action and you'll get the idea. If you liked "Red Cliff" and "The Warlords"(Both Chinese productions) you will enjoy "War of Arrows" (Korean production) and won't be disappointed.