Starring: Park Jung-Hun, Kim Seung-Wu, Hwang Jeong-Min
Director: Min Jun-Gi
Studio: ShowBox / Enter One
Rating: NR
Genre: Action
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About This DVD
Did producers of the new South Korean film "Heaven's Soldiers" foresee that the
six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program would resume in late July?
The plot of "Heaven's Soldiers" revolves around a group of South and North
Korean soldiers who make an unexpected trip through time to the past, while
their countries are in feud with the United States over their joint development
of a nuclear warhead.
From director Min Jun Gi comes the 2005 film Heaven's Soldiers, a nationalistic,
military-themed time travel adventure filled with equal parts action and comedy!
The story centers on a group of North and South Korean soldiers who find
themselves flung back in time just as their respective countries are locked in a
tense standoff with the United States over the status of a jointly produced
nuclear warhead. The film kicks off with stock footage of the historic meeting
between the two Korean leaders in June 2000, using this real life moment as a
springboard for the film's fictional premise that North and South Korea secretly
formed an alliance, agreeing to co-produce their very own weapon of mass
destruction!
But when the two Koreas decide to hand over the warhead to the United States,
North Korean military officer Kang Min Gil (Kim Seung Woo) decides to take
matters into his own hands and not only steal the weapon with the help of a band
of private soldiers but kidnap the female South Korean scientist (Kong Hyo Jin)
who helped create it as well! Things get even more difficult for Kang as South
Korean Navy Officer Park Jeong Woo (Hwang Jung Min) is sent by his superiors to
capture the rogue soldier and reclaim the weapon. In the midst of a battle on
the DMZ, the soldiers are suddenly transported through time thanks to the
appearance of a mysterious comet.
In a blink of the eye, the soldiers find themselves trapped in the 16th century,
a dark time in Korean history, which saw its countrymen spending most of their
time battling off the advances of foreign invaders. After defeating a band of
looters with their high-powered machine guns, the time displaced soldiers are
hailed as conquering heroes by the locals. Dubbed "Heaven's Soldiers," the group
ends up meeting Yi Sun Shin (Park Joong Hoon), the real life admiral who led
Korea to victory against the Japanese.
However, the legendary Yi isn't quite what the soldiers expected. Rather than
the mythical hero of legend he's thought to be in the present day, the Yi the
soldiers encounter is actually a thief and a rascal, one who can't even pass the
officer's exam! Shocked that their hero could be so lax in his studies, the
soldiers give Yi a crash course in military education, all in the hopes he'll
fulfill his destiny! But will Yi discover his true calling in time or will he
doom both himself and his beloved country? Find out in Heaven's Soldiers, a
crowd-pleasing time travel epic!
Audio Format: | DD 5.1 Surround, DD 2.0 Stereo |
Video Format: | Widescreen 2.35:1 (Anamorphic) |
Languages: | Korean |
Subtitles: | English, Korean |
Country Made: | Korea |
Region Code: | 3 |
Year Made: | 2005 |
Running Time: | 106 |
Special Features: | DISC 1: - Commentary by Director, Cast and Staff - Interviews with Director, Cast and Staff DISC 2: - Deleted Scenes - About Yi Soon-Shin - Trailer - Making of - Interviews with Director & Cast - Production Design - Interview with Music Director - Interview with Martial Arts Director - Deleted Scenes - Conti vs Movie |
Availability: | Usually ships in 5-10 days |
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