R-Point (2004)

During the Vietnam War, a South Korean base receives a radio transmission from a missing squad, presumed dead, and sends a platoon to rescue the lost squad from the R-Point.

Director:

Su-chang Kong (as Kong Soo-chang)

Writers:

Su-chang Kong (as Kong Soo-chang), Yeong-woo Pil

Stars:

Woo-seong Kam, Byung-ho Son, Sun-kyun Lee

1 win.

Cast

Credited cast:
Woo-seong Kam	...	Lieutenant Choi Tae-in
Byung-ho Son	...	Sergeant Jin Chang-rok
Sun-kyun Lee	...	Sergeant Park
Won-Sang Park	...	Sergeant Cook (as Won-sang Park)
Tae-kyung Oh	...	Sergeant Jang Young-soo
Jin-ho Song	...	Sergeant Oh
Yeong-dong Mun	...	Corporal Byun Moon-sub
Kyeong-ho Jeong	...	Corporal Lee Jae-pil
Byeong-cheol Kim	...	Corporal Joh Byung-hoon
Ju-bong Gi	...	Captain Park
Nae-sang Ahn	...	Captain Kang
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
David Anselmo	...	James (as David Joseph Anselmo)
James Han
Dong-kyu Lee

Storyline

On 07 January 1972, the South Korean base in Nah-Trang, Vietnam, receives a radio transmission from a missing platoon presumed dead. The high-command assigns the veteran and decorated Lieutenant Choi Tae-in to lead a squad with eight other soldiers and rescue the missing soldiers from the R-Point. When they arrive in the location, they have a shooting and defeat a Vietnamese woman with a machine gun in a trench. Later, they find a tombstone telling that one hundred years ago, Chinese killed Vietnamese, dropped them in a lake and built a temple over the place, being a sacred location to the Vietnamese. While chasing the missing soldiers, weird things happen with the rescue team.

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Plot Keywords:

infrared | rescue | soldier | radio transmission | presumed dead | 

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Taglines:

He who sheds others' blood will not return ... NOT EVEN HIS SOUL ...

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Genres:

Action | Horror | War

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and language

Details

Country:

South Korea

Language:

English Korean French Vietnamese

Release Date:

13 August 2004 (South Korea)

Also Known As:

Ghosts of War

Filming Locations:

Bokor Hill Station, Preah Monivong National Park, Cambodia

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$6,744,984

Company Credits

Production Co:

CJ Entertainment, CN Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

User Reviews

Eery and enjoyable

I enjoyed this movie. Confusion and uncertainty exist in war, so I felt it gave a taste to the viewer of what the troops were going through. If anything, it added to the nightmarish quality. Strange place, scared sh*tless, etc.

Very creepy, lots of tension, great location. I agree with earlier posts, it was reminiscent of The Shining (evil location induces madness and murder).

It won't appeal to everyone (as we all have different tastes) but I find this type of thoughtful horror far more terrifying and disturbing than the usual 'obvious' Hollywood horror - mainly because it invites you to use your imagination (a scary unlimited place!) instead of spelling it all out and tying up the loose ends.