IMDb RATING
7.2/10
5.9K
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The story of student-soldiers trying to protect a middle school during the early days of the Korean War.The story of student-soldiers trying to protect a middle school during the early days of the Korean War.The story of student-soldiers trying to protect a middle school during the early days of the Korean War.
- Awards
- 6 wins & 5 nominations
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe climactic battle in the movie was a part of the Battle of P'ohang-Dong, from August 5-20, 1950. Savage fighting broke out as the North Koreans attacked the U.N. forces, consisting of American and South Korean soldiers, in an attempt to take the town of P'ohang-Dong on the northeast corner of the Pusan perimeter. Despite being pushed back initially, the U.N. forces regrouped and eventually defeated the North Koreans, forcing their retreat. It was a turning point in that it effectively broke the back of the North Korean offensive, which was beginning to suffer from superior U.N. support and a lack of manpower and supplies.
- GoofsThe North Korean general wears a 1970s-era Rolex watch.
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As I know little about the Korean War apart from MASH I didn't really know what to expect. I was very impressed and surprised at how good 71 is. The true story of the 71 students who defended their line for 11 hours against the might of the communist North is told with passion, humor, and action. It is somewhat clichéd - but this works in its favor - what we get is a Braveheart feeling for a small but very well-made war film.
The two main leads are competent, if a little OTT in their roles, but again by the end this pays off and I really have no complaints - if moving, and exciting war films are your thing then this is definitely worth viewing.
The two main leads are competent, if a little OTT in their roles, but again by the end this pays off and I really have no complaints - if moving, and exciting war films are your thing then this is definitely worth viewing.
- intelearts
- Mar 19, 2011
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Box office
- Budget
- $10,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $176,638
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $77,161
- Aug 1, 2010
- Gross worldwide
- $20,967,660
- Runtime2 hours
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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