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A magical realist film about the Korean Peninsula

author:XiaoNan talks about movies

The peninsula issue has always been a hot spot for us, today Xiaonan brought a Korean movie "Iron Rain", although this film is based on a comic, but it has shot too many pictures that we have made up in our heads, and the Douban score of this film is 8.2 points.

A magical realist film about the Korean Peninsula

Our male protagonist is a long-retired North Korean agent, one day suddenly the chief of the investigation of the general director Lee Tae-han he wanted him to deal with an internal coup d'état, it turned out that two high-ranking officials in North Korea with heavy troops wanted to overthrow the rule of No. 1, only in his capacity to assassinate will not fight grass snakes.

A magical realist film about the Korean Peninsula

One of the two fell to his death in a serious car accident that night, and Park Kwang-dong, another person who heard the news, mistakenly thought that the no. 1 purge of the political arena had begun, and immediately organized a counterattack. Although Brother You is terminally ill, but to be able to serve the country at a time of national crisis is his lifelong wish, after settling down with his family, he went alone to carry out the task of assassinating Park Kwang-dong, and learned through intelligence that Park Kwang-dong would attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the industrial park the next day, so he hid in the ventilation hall of the building and prepared to shoot him.

A magical realist film about the Korean Peninsula

But who knew that No. 1 suddenly replaced Park Kwang-dong to attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony, and there were a large number of people gathered at the scene, just at this time somehow rockets suddenly appeared over the park, the scene was like a purgatory of fire, tens of thousands of people were killed, it turned out that all this was done by Park Kwang-dong, he stole American rockets and planned to use this opportunity to kill No. 1 and push all this to the Americans to achieve the purpose of the coup d'état.

A magical realist film about the Korean Peninsula

The loyal brother found the seriously injured No. 1 at the scene and smuggled him and a pair of surviving sisters to a maternity hospital in South Korea to seek Shuzhen's treatment, and reported the situation to Lee Taehan, who promised to send someone to meet him immediately. Shu-jeong took advantage of their lack of attention to report the situation to the police, at this time Park Kwang-dong's people pretended to come to meet him, but was found by Brother You, he immediately fled with Number One, but in the process of escaping, his sister was unfortunately shot and dying, Brother You, in order to save her, he went to a hospital under the leadership of Shu-jeong, but it was too late for his sister to die.

A magical realist film about the Korean Peninsula

On the other hand, as the chief of diplomatic security of South Korea's Blue House, Zhe-woo learned from his American friends that there was a coup d'état in North Korea and about to declare war, so he immediately reported these to the government, just at this time, he received the news of the report and learned about Youro's brother, it turned out that Shu-jeong was a good friend of his ex-wife So-hyun, and the hospital they went to was run by So-hyun, in order to find out the situation, he called his daughter, and then immediately rushed over and ordered the army to come. When He found them, He told his brother Yu that North Korea was about to go to war and persuaded him to work with the South Korean government to tide over the crisis. A confused Brother Tomo calls the Director General and learns that the declaration of war was only a stopgap measure for Park Kwang-dong to prevent the front-line troops from returning to Pyongyang, at which point the troops who arrived arrested him, and Brother You told Chul-woo what had happened and begged him to save No. 1 and keep the government from going to war.

A magical realist film about the Korean Peninsula

On the other hand, the panicked South Korean government actively seeks the help of the United States, while the United States intends to carry out nuclear bombing against North Korea, and South Korea, which does not want to go to war, intends to seek negotiations with Lee Tae-han, the chief of north Korean reconnaissance. By chatting with his brother under house arrest, Chul-woo learns that he is a close confidant of Lee Tae-han and that Lee Tae-han will come to South Korea via secret passage, but his request to participate in the negotiations is rejected by the authorities. ZheYu, who is eager to make a contribution, escapes with his brother and follows the negotiators along the way, and the two gradually open their hearts through chat and trust each other.

A magical realist film about the Korean Peninsula

Finally came to the meeting place of the negotiations, but who knew that at this time the two sides that were negotiating suddenly encountered an ambush, it turned out that this was actually Lee Tae-han's arrangement, he wanted to take this opportunity to get rid of Park Kwang-dong to realize his ambition to declare war on South Korea, Park Kwang-dong, who came to the car for peace talks, was already dying, and was shot by the unsuspecting friends who were blinded by the dark, and at the moment of crisis, he also blocked a fatal shot for Chul-woo, fortunately, the gunshot wound was not fatal.

A magical realist film about the Korean Peninsula

Since the rebels are dead, the political situation should have been stabilized, but at this moment, the two presidential candidates who were in the process of changing the term of office quarreled, the current president advocated taking advantage of the chaos to unify the peninsula by force, while his successor advocated stabilizing the domestic situation and developing well, but the current president was still in office after all, and he decided to carry out a nuclear strike according to his own ideas and then unify the peninsula.

A magical realist film about the Korean Peninsula

Immediately after returning to North Korea, Lee Taehan led his troops to raid the underground command and take over the political power, and Lee Tae-han of the Bloodbath Headquarters' top priority was to master nuclear weapons, but at this time it was found that the nuclear bomb had two halves of the code detonator, and the other half was hidden by the number one in the hand watch he wore with him. Li Taihan contacted him through his brother's mobile phone and told him that he already knew the intelligence that the US military planned to use nuclear weapons against them, and that he must get the nuclear activation password to protect the country.

A magical realist film about the Korean Peninsula

At this time, Brother You realized that Li Taihan was a thorough war maniac, wolf's ambitions were clear, he wanted to threaten the United States by firing nuclear weapons at South Korea, and Brother You, in order to prevent him from attacking Number One, immediately rushed to the hospital. On the other hand, the US bomber carrying nuclear weapons has already set off, the situation is becoming more and more urgent, Li Taihan ordered his subordinates to infiltrate the hospital to assassinate the No. 1 waiting for surgery, but in fact, the No. 1 has long been transferred. The completely dead-hearted brother told Chul Woo to use himself as bait and return to North Korea with the nuclear activation code to see Lee Tae-han, and you just need to track my location and bomb there.

A magical realist film about the Korean Peninsula

In order to delay time, Zheyu released the false news of the death of The First, personally escorted him to the border and told him to live well. The person in charge of the reception took Yugo to the secret underground command, and the South Korean Air Force, which tracked the signal, launched an attack on the target, thus lifting the nuclear crisis hanging over the peninsula, and the film ended.

A magical realist film about the Korean Peninsula

There are several funny but thought-provoking details in the movie, the lady who is homesick for the noodle shop, in the face of the impending war, is not worried about her relatives in North Korea; she knows that the fierce brother bought gifts for his wife and daughter and entrusted them to Zheyu; knowing that brother Youyou has no return, Zheyu will also meet with him to drink shochu. Looking at the world today, the Middle East is plagued by war and fire, the people are displaced, I hope that we living in the era of peace cherish the hard-won life and the people in front of us. This issue is shared here, welcome everyone to pay attention to Xiaonan, Xiaonan will continue to take you to watch movies in the next issue and experience the taste of life.