Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (2004) Poster

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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for strong graphic sequences of war violence
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • Light kissing, as well as shirtless men.

Violence & Gore

  • A soldier complains about his stomach. They open his shirt to reveal maggots crawling and eating his wounds.
  • A man get his head bashed in by a rock. The person with the rock climbs on top and continues to smash his head in. His brain matter oozes out.
  • Lots of war violence is shown. Many soldiers are killed and lots of blood is shown. Burnt body of a soldier is shown.
  • A soldier commits suicide shooting himself.
  • Hundreds of people killed, chaotic battles, lots of gore and blood from deaths. Artillery fire. Loss of limbs, amputation scene.
  • There's a brutal ending battle where hundreds of North and South Koreans are massacred. An airplane crashes into the trench and ignites a large flame wave which burns many North Koreans. South and North Koreans stab each other brutally with rifle bayonets.

Profanity

  • A lot of profanity in the movie. 20 or so uses of the F-word and lots of other swear words are used.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Main character is shown drunk.
  • Some soldiers are seen drinking alcohol and smoking. Although its not seen often.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Battle scenes are intense, with lots of casualties and limb losses.
  • A scene where a young soldier is having desperate surgery. His organs are shown and is very intense, and he screams in pain. Another jump scene where soldiers are clearing dead corpse and suddenly a bomb goes off. Not for the faint of heart.

Spoilers

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Violence & Gore

  • The ending battle scene is also the saddest scene in the film

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The ending is very harrowing, where one of the main characters cries to his big brother, who was fossilized on the ground, after the war. Almost the whole movie's arc was about the big brother finishing the shoes for the little brother, but he failed to return and finish.

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