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The Great Battle

Original title: Ansisung
  • 2018
  • 2h 16m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
6.6K
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Zo In-sung in The Great Battle (2018)
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A historical film about the siege of Ansi Fortress and the epic eighty-eight day battle that Yang Man-chun and his Goguryeo troops fought against 500,000 invading Tang dynasty men to defend ... Read allA historical film about the siege of Ansi Fortress and the epic eighty-eight day battle that Yang Man-chun and his Goguryeo troops fought against 500,000 invading Tang dynasty men to defend it.A historical film about the siege of Ansi Fortress and the epic eighty-eight day battle that Yang Man-chun and his Goguryeo troops fought against 500,000 invading Tang dynasty men to defend it.

  • Director
    • Kwang-shik Kim
  • Writers
    • Park Eun-kyo
    • Eui-Mok Jung
    • Kwang-shik Kim
  • Stars
    • Nam Joo-hyuk
    • Nazeeh Tarsha
    • Zo In-sung
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    6.6K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Kwang-shik Kim
    • Writers
      • Park Eun-kyo
      • Eui-Mok Jung
      • Kwang-shik Kim
    • Stars
      • Nam Joo-hyuk
      • Nazeeh Tarsha
      • Zo In-sung
    • 64User reviews
    • 25Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 9 wins & 5 nominations total

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    Nam Joo-hyuk
    Nam Joo-hyuk
    • Sa Mool
    Nazeeh Tarsha
    Nazeeh Tarsha
    • General Yeon
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    Zo In-sung
    Zo In-sung
    • Yang Man Chun
    Kim Seol-hyun
    Kim Seol-hyun
    • Baek Ha
    Park Byeong-eun
    Park Byeong-eun
    • Poong
    Park Sung-woong
    Park Sung-woong
    • Li Shi Min
    Sung Dong-il
    Sung Dong-il
    • Woo-dae
    Jung Eun-chae
    Jung Eun-chae
    • Shi Mi
    Um Tae-goo
    • Pa So
    Bae Sung-woo
    Bae Sung-woo
    • Choo Soo Ji
    Stephanie Lee
    Stephanie Lee
    • Dalle
    Joo Suk-tae
    Joo Suk-tae
    • Go Hye-Jin
    Yu Oh-seong
    Yu Oh-seong
    • Yeon Gae So Mun
    Oh Dae-hwan
    Oh Dae-hwan
    • Hwal Bo
    Kim Won-jung
    • Commander-in-chief
    Kim Dae-hyun
    Kim Dae-hyun
    • Cadet
    Jung Taek-hyun
    Jung Taek-hyun
    • Archer
    Yoon Young-kyun
    • Mak-deok
    • (as Yoon Young-Kyun)
    • Director
      • Kwang-shik Kim
    • Writers
      • Park Eun-kyo
      • Eui-Mok Jung
      • Kwang-shik Kim
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews64

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    8Pille1992

    Middle Earth battle in Asia

    The title exactly describes this movie: A great battle.

    While watching, you definitely will be reminded of great battles scenes from Middle Earth (but obviously without mythical creatures) like Helm's Deep or Minas Tirith. Perhaps you also get a small feeling of being in Jerusalem during Kingdom's Heaven.

    A charismatic cast of characters with somewhat unique personalities ( look out for the Gimli-Legolas friendship), a small defence army fighting a nearly hopeless fight against an overwhelming number of attackers, a plot which serves the needs of such a movie, an atmospheric score and - of course - great and diverse battle scenes with many bad dass moments.

    Do not expect big history accuracy - but honestly I think this was also never attempted or wanted - and you should also not look for a historic depiction in such a movie.

    Overall, a war movie worth watching if you know what to expect and if you sometimes just want to see spectacular fight scenes with a nice and easy to follow story in Asia.
    8axldanna

    Great Battle indeed

    The battle scenes gives me goosebumps wow also nam joohyuk's acting is superb
    9harmenkampinga

    Epic

    Just that... epic!

    Beautiful movie, great story, well done.
    8kosmasp

    Occupy

    A movie that claims or has the title (at least internationally) of "Great Battle", does have quite something to prove. And while it starts off with a battle scene, that is not the one that is meant in the title. I reckon there are more than one battle scenes anyway.

    The fighting choreography and the framing/camera work are beautiful! More than that some might argue actually. Story is quite easy to follow. A friend of mine compared it to Musa, which I think does a disservice to this rather than helping it. That's a bar and a comparison you don't need to make, just enjoy this for what it is. Characters are nicely drawn, even if the whole thing is more or less predictable. Visually stunning is enough for some, not even close to enough for others of course
    80U

    The Great Battle

    This was a great find on Netflix. It reminded me of the battles in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Helms Deep and Minas Tirith. It is subtitled but the story couldn't be easier to follow. Highly recommend it.

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      The Ansi Fortress is now located in Haicheng, a county-level city in central Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China, under the administration of Anshan City.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 21, 2018 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • South Korea
    • Official site
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Languages
      • Korean
      • Mandarin
    • Also known as
      • Đại Chiến Thành Ansi
    • Filming locations
      • Seoul, South Korea
    • Production companies
      • Soojak Films
      • Studio & New
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • ₩15,000,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $472,166
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $123,983
      • Sep 23, 2018
    • Gross worldwide
      • $41,509,280
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 16 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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