Based on a true story, Ryoo Seung-wan’s gripping film creates large-scale spectacle while avoiding jingoism and grounding itself firmly in reality. It’s hard to imagine anyone other than Ryoo staging urban warfare on such a vast scale, while simultaneously guiding the film’s talented cast to create such moving drama. The highest grossing Korean film of 2021 at the domestic Box Office, this is a film that must be seen on the big screen.

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