Synopsis
A hero is born, the legend begins
After the death of their father, two siblings are raised by their father's best friend. However, when one gets kidnapped just before her wedding, the other rises against the Manchus.
2011 ‘최종병기 활’ Directed by Kim Han-min
After the death of their father, two siblings are raised by their father's best friend. However, when one gets kidnapped just before her wedding, the other rises against the Manchus.
Kim Won-jin Oh Se-yeong Jeong Seong-ho Kim Byung-oh Lee Gun-moon Choi Seong-kyum Seo Jeong-Su Lim Wang-sub
Arrow, the Ultimate Weapon, Guerra de flechas, Choi-jong-byeong-gi Hwal, 최종병기 활, Lukostřelci, جنگ تیر و کمان ها, Az íjak háborúja, A Guerra das Flechas, Strzała Wojny, 最终兵器:弓, Okların Savaşı, สงครามธนูพิฆาต, Íjak háborúja, Стрела. Абсолютное оружие, מלחמת החצים, Войната на стрелите, 弓箭之戰, Cung Thủ Siêu Phàm, 神弓-KAMIYUMI-, 最終兵器弓, Lukostrelci
Drop dead gorgeous cinematography! Fast paced!
Jam packed with exceptional action sequences!
The chase scenes are a real nail biter!
Period piece sees the most dangerous game set against the Qing invasion of Joseon during the 17th century. When his sister is enslaved by Manchurians (fronted by the awesome Ryu Seung-ryong), it falls on a talented archer (The Host’s Park Hae-il) to rescue her. One pursuit leads to another, with quiver play in wooded areas reminiscent of First Blood action. A backstory involving the siblings being orphaned during the coup d'état against Gwanghaegun helps to focus the nationalism, and provides some substance, but most of the plot is a simple chase. The different styles of arrows used by the Manchurians and Joseons also tie the style of action into a loose plot – but this is ultimately about stylish action flourishes.
The story is threadbare, but The War maintains a steady pace, features compelling performances, and is stylish enough that I look forwards to director Han-Min Kim’s follow-up blockbuster, The Admiral.
This one takes place during the second Manchu invasion of Korea (around 1595). A young archer in Korea, goes up against the Qing Dynasty to save his younger sister who has been kidnapped. I enjoyed watching this movie as it has nice mix of action and drama.
The second half of the movie is one long chase scene. It is done very well and actually reminded me of the chase scene in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (one of my all-time favorite movies). Another cool thing in the movie is a half pound arrow that the main bad guy fires.....its like the bad guy got a hold of Dirty Harry's Magnum 44...while everybody has just normal arrows.
Final thought: This is a pretty entertaining movie.
"Fear, you simply face it straight on. The wind is not to be calculated, but to be overcome." -- Nam-yi
In 1636, during the second Manchurian invasion of Korea in the Joseon Dynasty, Nam-Yi, the son of a branded traitor, also the best archer, sets out to save his kidnapped sister Ja-In, after a troop demolishes the village on her wedding day. Nam-Yi is determined to bring down the relentless Manchurian invaders who are after Ja-In. When finally gets a hold of his sister, Nam-Yi encounters a menacing and ruthless Manchurian commander, along with brave and fearless soldiers. A fierce combat between two of the finest warriors unfolds.
War of Arrows is a heroic tale of historical fiction amidst the…
In 17th Century Korea ( Joseon), a Unit of Mandschu-Soldiers raided
Choi Nam-yi's Home Village, killing almost all of the Residents and Kidnapping the Rest.
Among them is Nam-yi's Sister.
He then goes in search of the Group of Kidnappers to save his Sister.
Exciting and Action-Packed Film that Combines History with a Fictional Story.
A Film that I really liked thanks to the good Actors and the great Camera Shots.
Has anything in the twelve years since its release made archery as utterly badass and electrifying as War of the Arrows? Every singular loosed shot is honed into a bravura of editing, sound design, narrative import, and visceral impact.
Kim Han-min would amplify War’s strengths to naval battle scale in The Admiral, but I was completely hooked once again by this film’s relentless chase and wilderness thrills. Apocalypto has always been an apt shorthand for the similar structure of slice-of-life/invasion/pursuit yet rewatching War of the Arrows made that comparison seem like a disservice when this is closer in spirit to Die Hard. The first half interrupts beguiling melodrama with a race-against-time prisoner rescue, while the second half commits entirely to…
Once the film gets its character introductions out of the way, it really gets going with thrilling rescue and chase sequences. It makes good use of the bow and arrow-focused concept.
When a raiding party enslaves the inhabitants of a village, a reluctant warrior goes to rescue them and is pursued by an implacable foe. It's kinda like Apocalypto, in that half of it is a long chase sequence and that it is really good. There is a ton of action sequences based around archery, which I don't think I've seen in something that wasn't a Robin Hood movie. All the action was really well done.
Seoultember 2023
Film 2: War of the Arrows
Historien-Actionfilm der etwas anderen Art, bei dem Kämpfe nicht mit Schwert und Schild ausgetragen werden, sondern bei dem Pfeil-und-Bogen-Kämpfe ausgetragen werden. Das ist auch das Besondere an diesem Film, da die Pfeil-und-Bogen-Action richtig gut inszeniert ist.
Vor allem die letzten 45 Minuten sind mein Highlight, da hier durchgängige Spannung und Action geboten wird, die es in sich hat und in einem richtig geilem Standoff-Showdown mündet.
Der Film ist zwar nicht perfekt, Action-Sequenzen manchmal zu hektisch geschnitten, die Kamera manchmal zu wackelig, aber ich mag den Film einfach total.
What a spectacular action movie, full of suspense, drama and nail biting thrills.
It starts with the 2nd Manchurian invasion of Korea in the 17th century, as they attack a village close to the Korean Manchurian borders killing and pillaging, they take so many people hostages with them but one man with great archery skills is tracking them down with the intention of saving his people from their capturers. all of this happens in the first 25 minutes, from then on it's basically non stop fights, chases in the woods, traps and lots and lots of arrows piercing through people's skulls and it goes on until the credits roll.
Now people who thought that the third act of Apocalypto was…
An original period action film, with set piece skirmishes that become increasingly smaller in scale, but more and more tense. Worth a watch if you want something different!
The impressions likening this to Apocalypto weren’t kidding. Combine the first and third acts of Apocalypto - everyday life, violent pillage, then the breathless chase - and place it in Joseon-era Korea, with a focus on guerrilla warfare and archery battles. That’s “War of the Arrows”.
It lacks the raw emotional satisfaction of Apocalypto, the distinctive villains, the grand scale, or sense of desperation. But War of the Arrows makes up for that through pure action-adventure momentum. The movie makes the most out of its wilderness setting and budget, wringing surprising variety from a limited focus. Cat-and-mouse pursuits, bow-and-arrow standoffs, intense running archery battles, stealthy guerrilla maneuvers, long-range “sniper” duels. The special draw technique that curves an arrow’s trajectory a…