serves as a thoroughgoing allegory of the fears, suicides, inhumanity, rage and murder doomed to repeat themselves in any and every conflict, and to haunt generations to come.
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08/06/07
R-Point (2006)
64 %
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Reviews Counted: 11
Fresh: 7
Rotten:4
Average Rating: 6.4/10
Theatrical Release: Nov 30, 1999 Limited
Synopsis: Korean soldiers searching for a missing platoon in 1972 Vietnam end up encountering forces that basic training never prepared them for. Giving new meaning to the phrase "the horrors of war," R-POINT exists at the goose-flesh-inducing... [More]
Starring: Woo-Seong Kam, Byung-ho Sohn, Tae-kyung Uhm, Won Sang Park
Director: Su-chang Kong
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Reviews for R-Point
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One of the best of a sub-genre I'm going to christen 'warror': war horror films.
06/26/06
[A] subtle and sneakily unsettling film that builds slowly to its unique idea of what constitutes scary.
03/19/06
While it's refreshing to see a war film veer into the supernatural so quietly, R-Point lacks the much-needed dramatic tension to get us through its slow-moving 110 minutes.
02/13/06
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02/09/06
Top Critic A fresh spin on the Korean horror genre after a summer which saw the usual haunted-schoolgirl template reach burnout.
01/13/06
Top Critic If you’ve been worn down a bit by all of the J-horror movies having to do with spooky ladies in blue makeup, this will serve as a refreshing change of pace.
12/06/05
By the time the grand finale rolls around, you're more baffled than terrified.
09/18/05
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