This is the first Korean title in my movie collection. Although I wasn't sure when buying the VCD, I finally found out that I didn't make a wrong choice. This film has everything an entertainment needs: strong and cool characters (triad style!), excellent location, costumes, setting, dialogues, story, and action scenes (gunfight: John Woo style, super cool!). Interesting point in shooting scenes, where Seregay charged the enemy's house with automatic pistol, reminding me of Chow Yun Fat in Woo's film. The good thing is, he also ran out of bullets! Drama, action, historical setting mixed excellently by director You Yung Sik, makes this China-Korea movie a good time, also for art film viewers. Highly recommended! Boy, those Koreans sure know how to make good movie!

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