R-Point (2004)

Director:

Su-chang Kong

Writer:

Su-chang Kong (writer)

Release Date:

13 August 2004 (South Korea)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Horror | Thriller | War

Plot:

On 07 January 1972, the South Korean base in Nah-Trang, Vietnam, receives a radio transmission from a missing platoon presumed dead...

Plot Keywords:

Soldier | Rescue | Lieutenant | Tombstone | Vietnam

Awards:

1 win

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Woo-seong Kam	...	Lieutenant Choi Tae-in
Byung-ho Son	...	Sergeant Jin Chang-rok
Tae-kyung Oh	...	Sergeant Jang Young-soo
Won-sang Park	...	Sergeant Cook
Seon-gyun Lee	...	Sergeant Park
Jin-ho Song	...	Sergeant Oh
Byeong-cheol Kim	...	Corporal Joh Byung-hoon
Kyeong-ho Jeong	...	Corporal Lee Jae-pil
Yeong-dong Mun	...	Corporal Byun
Ju-bong Gi	...	Captain Park
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nae-sang Ahn
David Joseph Anselmo	...	James

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and language.

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

South Korea

Language:

English | Korean

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX

Certification:

USA:R | Germany:16 | Iceland:16 | Argentina:16 | Singapore:NC-16 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | France:-12 (DVD rating) | South Korea:15 | UK:15 | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Cambodia

Company:

CN Film

A Interesting Vietnam War Horror Movie

A very unique point-of-view of Vietnam war from the Korean coalition soldiers, with a side of supernatural also. If you like movies such as, "Session 9", "Deathwatch", and "Below" you will like this one, although you will have to read subtitle.

The plot of this movie is very similar to the movie like "Deathwatch".

It is about a group of Korean soldiers sent on a mission to an island with some very bad juju going on. They are there to search for another group of Korean soldiers who have gone missing earlier. Between the Viet Cons, the ghosts, and the phantom American and Korean soldiers, They must keep their sanity if the soldiers want to return alive.

This movie is beautifully shot on location in Vietnam and Cambodia and also includes a building that will reminds you of the hospital in "Session 9". The ensemble cast is very good for their roles. But I do have problem with the filmmaker portrayal of the soldiers during Vietnam war. I truly think a military adviser during the making of this film will make the soldiers more like soldiers and less like boy scouts out on a field trip.