War of the Arrows

"War of the Arrows" is a South Korean movie set in 1636. When they were children, Nam-yi and his sister Ja-in witnessed their father betrayed and murdered by King Injo. Before his death, he tells them to head for a small village where a friend of his, Kim-Min Soon, will hide them. He gives his son his bow and tells him to protect his sister. Their father's friend hides them and teaches Nam-yi the art of shooting with a bow. Years pass and Nam-yi has become a disappointment. He wastes his talent and spends most of his time getting drunk, fighting, and feeling sorry for himself. His sister however plans on marrying Kim-Min Soon's son. On the day of their wedding, Manchurian soldiers attack the village, enslave Ja-in and her husband to be, and kill Kim-Min Soon. When Nam-yi returns from hunting in the woods and finds out that his sister has been kidnapped and will be sold into slavery, he picks up his bow and heads out to save her.

Nam-yi works his way to the Manchurian camp to rescue his sister and kill anyone who gets in his way.

The movie turns into a game of cat and mouse as Nam-yi flees from the soldiers and squares off against, Jyusthina, the best archer the Manchurians have.

South Korea once again impresses with War of the Arrows. Here is a link to the US trailer for the film. In my opinion, South Korea has been putting out some of the best action pictures with amazing and involving stories for the past several years. The Man From No Where and I Saw the Devil where better then anything I saw coming out of Hollywood in the past two years! If you can get past the fact that there are subtitles, which is hard for most Americans, start checking in on more South Korean films. You will be highly impressed!