Hey all, has anyone had an opportunity to watch the movie 'Heaven's Soldiers' directed by Min Jun Ki and released in September 2005?

Ostensibly the movie tells the story of a group of North Korean commandos, who kidnap a Sth Korean defence scientist, (responsible for the development of a secret weapon by the Sth) and how a Sth Korean unit is sent to rescue her.

Somehow they all stumble into a vortex in time and find themselves back in 16th century Korea where they eventualy meet up with one of Korea's most celebrated military figures, (and find him less than what he is made out to be).

The fourth one, 장화 홍련, aka Tale of Two Sisters, is one of the few horror movies I think is very well done. More artistic and psychological than just pure monsters, the cast is great, and the soundtrack is very beautiful. Enjoy.

Can someone translate these Korean titles into the English titles so that I can find them on netflix? I've been pretty successful in finding these Korean movies on neflix (e.g. 빈집- aka 3 Iron).

Memories of Murder.

It's an amazing film. I think it paves the road for Korean cinema.

I recently watched Sunflower and Traces of Love. Both were really good.

I think 장화 홍련 (two sisters) would be best.
It's very well made cinema.
Also the OST of that cinema is really good.
that musician is Lee Byung Woo, very famous musician and professor of Seoul National Univ.

Sorry to get in so late on this, but my top five would include these seven:
- Memories of Murder (2003) ( koreanfilm.org/kfilm03.html#memories )
- The Host (2006) ( koreanfilm.org/kfilm06.html#thehost )
(best monster ever)
both of the above were directed by Bong Joon-ho
- Untold Scandal (2003) ( koreanfilm.org/kfilm03.html#scandal )
- Virgin Stripped Bare by her Bachelors (2000) ( koreanfilm.org/kfilm00.html#soojung )
(with Woman is the Future of Man as a followup, but not as good)
unfortunately, the actress Lee Eun-ju killed herself a few years later.
- A Tale of Two Sisters ( koreanfilm.org/kfilm03.html#janghwa )
- Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003) ( koreanfilm.org/kfilm03.html#springsum )
- My Sassy Girl (2001) ( koreanfilm.org/kfilm01.html#yupki )
(but the final act was really sappy)

Taegukgi was way too melodramatic and Hollywood blod-and-gore for me,
and Shiri just seemed too contrived, but entertaining anyway. Attack the Gas Station was
pretty funny. Old Boy and Musa are supposed to be really good, but I haven't seen them.

I haven't seen a lot more, and I'm sure there are plenty of other deserving ones,
but those I really liked.

PS - The absolute best site to check for reviews is
koreanfilm.org