R-Point (2004) Arpointeu (original title)

Director:

Su-chang Kong

Writer:

Su-chang Kong

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 | Missing Soldier | Rescue | Rescue Team | Radio Transmission

Awards:

1 win

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 Anselmo	...	James (as David Joseph Anselmo)

Directed by
Su-chang Kong

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Su-chang Kong

Produced by
Kang-hyeok Choi	....	producer
Yun-hyeon Jang	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Pa-lan Dal

Cinematography by
Hyeong-jing Seok

Film Editing by
Na-yeong Nam

Visual Effects by
Jung-hoon Kim	....	technical director

Production Companies

• CN Film

Distributors

• Cinema Service (2004) (South Korea) (theatrical)
• Tartan (2005) (UK) (theatrical)
• Tartan (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• Viva Films (2006) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Viva Films (2008) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Manga Films (2005) (Spain) (DVD)
• Palisades Tartan (2009) (UK) (all media)
• Palisades Tartan (2004) (USA) (all media)
• SBP (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Tartan Video USA (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Tartan Video (2006) (UK) (DVD)
• e-m-s the DVD-Company (2005) (Germany) (DVD)

Other Companies

• HFR  dailies

Also Known As:

"Arpointeu" - South Korea (original title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and language

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

South Korea

Language:

English | Korean | French | Vietnamese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX

Certification:

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

Filming Locations:

Cambodia

Company:

CN Film

Frighteningly effective psychological Korean horror tale set in Vietnam War

War films are usually ten a penny, with similar plots or ideas, but R-Point bucks the trend. The film centres round a mission by a Korean unit during the Vietnam who find themselves haunted by forces they don't know, and progressively end up going mad and self-destructing.

The film blends together what the many things that have been great about Korean cinema. Sharp intelligent written story, beautiful settings and perfect acting are the crux of the movie. The setting could hardly have been any better done, whilst the tone of the movie is well paced to avoid this following into the same trap that many a horror film follow. An original film in many ways, but really it is taking various genres and blending them in them together finely.

I don't want to say too much else I will give too much away, but this is a film to watch, and is the best horror movie I have seen for a while. Shows again why Korean cinema is the best anywhere in the world at the moment. Top notch!