Al-too-bi: Riteon Too Beiseu (2012)

After he performs a dangerous dare-devil stunt at an air show, South Korean Air Force pilot Tae-hun is kicked out of the elite Black Eagles flying team and transferred to a combat unit ... See full summary »

Director:

Dong-won Kim

Writers:

Sang-hoon Ahn (screenplay), Dong-won Kim (screenplay)

Stars:

Rain, Joon-sang Yoo, Seong-su Kim

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Rain	...	Taehoon or Tae-hun
Joon-sang Yoo	...	Major Yi Cheoul-hee
Seong-su Kim	...	Major Park Dae-suh
Ha-na Lee	...	Captain Oh Yoo-jin
Jong-Suk Lee	...	First Lieutenant Ji Seok-hyun
Seok-won Jeong	...	Technical Sergeant Choi Min-ho
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bong-gi Baek	...	Sergeant Kim
Soo-ho Ha
Kyeong-hoon Jeong	...	Captain Jo Tae-bong
Se-Kyung Shin	...	Yoo Se-young
Jun-Sang Yu	...	Lee Cheol-hee

Storyline

After he performs a dangerous dare-devil stunt at an air show, South Korean Air Force pilot Tae-hun is kicked out of the elite Black Eagles flying team and transferred to a combat unit where he immediately comes into conflict with ace pilot Cheol-hui. He makes friends with the other pilots in the unit and falls in love with the beautiful Se-young, who is in charge of maintenance. When a North Korean MIG fighter threatens, the group engages in a gripping dogfight that leaves one comrade dead and another missing. Cheol-hui and Tae-hun join forces to rescue their missing friend and prevent a catastrophic war.

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Plot Keywords:

air show | south korean air force | bombing | leather jacket | rescue mission | 

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Romance

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Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook [South Korea] Official site [Japan]

Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean

Release Date:

24 August 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Soar Into the Sun

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Zooomoney Entertainment, Red Muffler, CJ Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

113 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

A belly shot is seen of a landing gear extending, with two two-wheeled gear struts moving outwards and downwards (as on a Boeing 737). However, the F-15 this is supposed to depict, has two one-wheeled main gear struts which move downward and backward during extension.

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Connections

Remake of Balgan mahura (1964)

User Reviews

Korean version of top gun but didn't live up to expectation

Weak storyline, like most aviation film much as to my disappoint this could have gotten a good 7 if the writers thought of a better script. There was too many silly lines that I wonder if this was suppose to be a manga filled humour or a live action film. The thing I found interesting though is the tensed relationship with the Americans and Koreans when dealing with missile crisis, couldn't the writers explore on that more than silly aspect of the film. Poor CGI, while it is understandable that there are parts of the film where real fighter jets cannot be used i.e. city dog fight scenes, I believe that they could have done a better job. The characters, I really don't think the Korean Air force would have allowed impulsive, childish and hot headed pilots into their ranks. And what is with them abusing the engineers. Come on its the military discipline, team work and proper conduct is a big thing there.

Verdict: Disappointing, this film could have done better.