Battleship Island

  • NC16 (SINGAPORE)
  • 2017


MOVIE IS cynical engaging ambitious emotional japanese
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67 % Fresh
$ 47 Million
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Positive Reviews 12
Negative reviews 3
Average Rating 3.3/5
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3.8
But it makes perfect emotional sense.Battleship Island is that rare war movie thats as thoughtful as it is bold. Rogerebert
2.0
Ryoo and Shin Kyoung ill have delivered a jingoistic screenplay which pulsates with anti Japanese sentiment. Screen Daily
3.5
The Battleship Island allows Ryoo to tick a WWII epic off his bucket list (after crime drama Veteran and spy thriller The Berlin File), but the convol .. The Hollywood Reporter
4.0
But Mr. Ryoo adroitly moves his camera through vast, crowded settings, and the climax sweeps you up in its ineluctable intensity. The New York Times
4.0
(Quentin Tarantino shouldnt be the only filmmaker permitted to treat history as grist for a stirringly ludicrous revenge fantasy.)
3.5
Director Ryoo Seung wan takes these diffuse and disparate strands of character and plot and effectively weaves them into an absorbing, boisterously ex .. Film Journal
2.5
Film review: The Founding of an Army Andrew Lau pays tribute to Chinas PLA with tone deaf war thriller With Ennio Morricones Ecstasy of Gold blasting .. Scmp
3.5
The director also deftly handles the complex scenes depicting the hellishness of the underground mining and the intensity of the gripping finale. Straits Times
3.0
Director and co writer Ryoo Seung wan uses this as the basis for a stirring escape thriller complete with deep dyed villainy and heroic derring do. What So
4.5
But the cast standout for me is Kim, who delivers one of the most engaging child performances Ive ever seen, going from Shirley Temple bandstand antic .. Film Journal International ..
3.5
Drawing on fun genre tropes, the film makes detours into brutality. National Post
4.0
This is not just an ambitious war flick but also an embellished one. The New Paper
3.0
If it makes just one person pick up a world history book, its worth it. Screen Zealots
2.0
That BATTLESHIP ISLAND is heartfelt piece of patriotic fanservice doesnt keep the film from being an undisciplined, scattered, overlong mess, and the .. The Diva Review
3.5
To be fair, this isnt exactly unexpected, and as a big budget mass appeal Korean blockbuster The Battleship Island doesnt offend as much as others in .. easternKicks.com
1.5
Mal nyeon (played by Lee Jung hyun) has been a comfort woman so long shes cynical about everything.



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