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Hard Air Magazine Test ConclusionsThe BSA R-10 SE air rifle is beautiful, hard-hitting and accurate with heavier pellets.This is the individualist's choice in a high end PCP. It's If you're a right-handed shooter who can match your scope choice to the left-side magazine loading, prefers a bolt action and doesn't need a huge number of consistent shots, this could well be the gun for you!In.22 caliber - as tested - the R-10 makes an excellent air rifle for hunting small game. In.177 cal it would be a great tool for Field Target competition.The BSA R-10 SE air rifle easily justifies its solid HAM Silver Award.

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VALUE FOR MONEYAt $1,299.99 – plus scope, rings and HPA charging equipment – the BSA R-10 SE air rifle is far from the bargain end of the airgun market. So this is a luxury purchase and expectations are high.The feature set BSA has chosen to offer with the R-10 is quite different from other competitors in this price range. For example, on the plus side, we have the outstanding stock design and the long unbroken scope mounting rails. On the minus side, there’s no adjustable power settings and no sidelever cocking.Further, in the US market, the gun is right-handed only, there’s no ambidextrous or left-handed version – although they do exist in the UK.

Of course, if you’re a right-handed shooter, that’s not an issueSo this is an individualist’s choice in a high-end PCP air rifle. But if you like the BSA R-10 SE air rifle, you’ll probably love it! HAM Test Rating88%Value For MoneyBeautiful, powerful and accurate with the right pellets.Best ForAirgun hunting (Field Target competition in.177 cal)Best Pellet TestedJSB Exact DiabloStreet Price at Time of Test$1299.99 + scopeCaliber Tested.22RateAGun ScoreEasy to ShootBUY FROM PYRAMYD AIRBUY FROM AIRGUN DEPOTSPEED AND ACCURACYThe BSA R-10 SE air rifle tested by HAM produced a maximum Muzzle Velocity of 1,051 FPS with the light, Gamo Platinum alloy pellets. The highest Muzzle Velocity attained with lead was achieved – of course – with the 11.9 Grain RWS Hobby pellets. This was 972.4 FPS.But, as is so often the case, the fastest pellets did not give very good accuracy with this gun.Once heavier lead pellets of 14.3 Grains and above were fed to the BSA R-10 SE air rifle, accuracy suddenly became excellent! Best results were obtained using the 14.35 Grain JSB Jumbo Exact and 21.14 Grain H&N Baracuda Match pellets.BSA has long promoted the accuracy of it’s in-house manufactured, cold hammer-forged barrels.

It looks as if they like heavier pellets! PelletAverage Muzzle VelocityAverage Muzzle EnergyAccuracyGamo Raptor Platinum 9.7 Grain1,051.08 FPS23.80 Ft/LbsPoor.H&N Field Target Trophy Green 10.03 Grain1,030.93 FPS23.67 Ft/LbsPoor.RWS Hobby 11.9 Grain972.40 FPS24.99 Ft/LbsPoor.Crosman Premier HP 14.3 Grain926.57 FPS27.26 Ft/LbsVery Good.JSB Jumbo Exact 14.35 Grain931.59 FPS27.66 Ft/LbsExcellent. Best Tested.H&N Field Target Trophy 14.66 Grain920.37 FPS27.58 Ft/LbsVery Good.H&N Baracuda Match 21.14 Grain809.44 FPS30.76 Ft/LbsExcellent.HAM Tester Doug Rogers shot a target at 25 Yards using the JSB pellets. He called one flyer out of ten on the target below.

The remainder were in a very nice, “one hole” group. In his testing notes, Doug commented that he felt the accuracy limitation here was him, rather than the BSA R-10 SE air rifle: that’s a pretty good compliment!BUY FROM PYRAMYD AIR BUY FROM AIRGUN DEPOTTRIGGER AND COCKING EFFORTThe trigger of the BSA R-10 SE air rifle tested by HAM was very pleasant.Pull weight averaged 1 Lb 15 Oz. There was a nice, crisp transition to the second stage and the release itself was also sharp and predictable. These characteristics were pleasant for the reviewers.HAM Tester Doug Rogers wrote in his testing notes: “The first stage is a little long and cannot be adjusted, but I could get used to it. Everything else can be adjusted, the trigger blade can be adjusted for length, height and swiveled. I like it”, Doug concluded.The BSA R-10 SE air rifle is unusual among PCPs in this price range for having a bolt action instead of a side-lever cocking system. There’s no doubt in the HAM Team’s minds that a side-lever action is generally smoother, easier and has a more sophisticated feel.

However, the R-10’s bolt action was easy and smooth to operate. It’s almost certainly the best bolt action that we’ve experienced on a PCP air rifle.The manual safety is easy to use. It’s conveniently positioned and clicks definitively into place.

Again, very good.COMPARISON TO MAKERS CLAIMSThe maximum Muzzle Velocity for the US-specification BSA R-10 SE air rifle is claimed to be 980 FPS with 11.75 Grain lead pellets. The example tested by HAM came very close indeed to matching this with 11.9 Grain pellets. So, it’s clear that the R-10 SE matches the manufacturer’s Muzzle Velocity claim.The claimed maximum Muzzle Energy is 29 Ft/Lbs.

The BSA R-10 SE air rifle tested by HAM easily exceeded this by producing 30.76 Ft/Lbs with heavy, 21.14 Grain, H&N Baracuda pellets.Maximum shots per fill is claimed at 45 in.22 caliber. As can be seen from the shot count chart below, the BSA R-10 SE air rifle tested by HAM will, indeed achieve this if the shooter is content to see a drop in Muzzle Velocity of 70 FPS. However, this would definitely produce a fall in the point of impact at range and so would not be acceptable to most owners. The HAM Team would definitely re-fill the tank after 35 shots and so considers this to be the effective maximum number of shots per fill.CONSISTENCYThe trigger pull weight of the BSA R-10 SE air rifle tested by HAM was outstandingly consistent. The pull weights measured for this review varied by a maximum of plus or minus one Ounce. That’s perfect consistency for all practical purposes!The Standard Deviation (shot-to-shot variation in FPS) in the 10-shot shooting test strings was also very low, at an average of just 4.33 FPS over the whole HAM pellet test suite. This is also outstanding performance!HoweverThe BSA R-10 SE air rifle is regulated.

As a result of this, we would expect to see a horizontal, “straight line” shot curve for many shots which drops away after the regulator pressure is reached. Unfortunately the shot curve of the BSA R-10 SE air rifle tested by HAM did not exactly correspond to our expectations for regulator consistency.As you can see from the shot curve below, Muzzle Velocity started off at a little under 920 FPS at the full, 3,365 PSI fill pressure and then climbed steadily to 940 FPS by shot 24.

It then declined back to just under 920 FPS at shot 35, before falling-away steadily after that.As always, this HAM shot count test was undertaken with JSB Jumbo Exact 14.35 Grain pellets.NOISE LEVELThis one’s easy! HAM Tester Doug Rogers notes read “Marauder quiet”.So, the BSA R-10 SE air rifle matches HAM’s “gold standard” for quietness the Benjamin Marauder.

It’s one of the very few air rifles to do this and marks the R-10 out as being very backyard-friendly. The built-in silencer is clearly doing its thing well, aided by the fact that even light alloy pellets will – just – keep under the speed of sound when fired from the R-10 in.22 caliber.SIGHTS AND SCOPEAs is expected from a high-end PCP, the BSA R-10 SE air rifle has no iron sights.

The owner will, of course, use a scope and as none is bundled with the gun, there’s a huge choice available to suit. We fitted a Leapers UTG 4-16 x 40 AO scope, which balanced well on the gun.The BSA R-10 SE air rifle does, however, offer a significant advantage over most other PCP air rifles when it comes to scope mounting.

Because the magazine does not protrude above the top of the breech, the scope mounting rails offer a completely unbroken length of 7 3/8-inches.This extremely-long unbroken mounting rail offers the maximum flexibility possible for positioning scope rings, and hence the scope, to match the user’s requirements. It also allows the scope to be mounted using lower rings than would be required with other air rifles having a magazine that “breaks” the top of the breech.The position of the scope rings shown below would be impossible with most other PCP air rifles.Having the scope as close as possible to the bore is a contributor to practical accuracy in the field and the BSA R-10 SE air rifle scores well for that.SHOOTABILITYAt 43 1/2 Inches overall, this is a long air rifle. The BSA R-10 SE air rifle is also not light, our test rig weighed-in at 9 Lb 14 Oz, including the mounted scope. But it is very nicely balanced. The center of gravity is exactly where the forward hand grasps the stock, just where the checkering is located. This makes it easy and comfortable to shoot.There’s also a comfortable and convenient rubber buttpad that’s adjustable vertically and horizontally. This is another great feature that’s not universally-available on competitive products and allows the gun to be tailored to the user’s physique.

It makes the lack of an adjustable cheek-piece on the stock a non-issue for the HAM reviewers. Note that you’ll need a 5 mm hex wrench to make adjustments.The 10-shot magazines are easy to load and worked faultlessly throughout the HAM testing period. The white “one shot remaining” indicator on the magazine is easy to see and a useful indicator of the forthcoming need to reload. As shown below.However, the magazine loads from the left side and this may prove to be an issue for some buyers.Why? Well, large focusing wheels are almost inevitably on the left side of the scope.

This means that there’s a good chance that a “big wheel” will interfere with inserting the magazine into the breech.Solutions to this issue include mounting a scope with front objective focusing, using a smaller focusing wheel on the scope, or even a non-circular. It’s something to be aware of when configuring the BSA R-10 SE air rifle with a scope.Finally, the BSA R-10 SE air rifle – as sold in the USA – is only available with a dedicated right-handed stock. Although ambi stocks are available in the UK, these don’t seem to have made it across the Atlantic!APPEARANCE AND FINISHHow many ways are there to say “beautiful”?The HAM Team just loves the looks of the BSA R-10 SE air rifle!

The overall design is long and sleek. The Italian-manufactured Minelli stock is just gorgeous, with sensuous, flowing curves in all the right places. This is without doubt one of the most stylish stocks to grace any air rifle!The forend of the stock and heel of the pistol grip are capped with contrasting color wood in a beautiful manner.

The checkering is very nicely done and the grade 2 Walnut itself is very nice on the sample tested. There’s a BSA “piled arms” monogram laser-cut on either side of the butt.Metalwork is also nicely-finished. There’s no visible machining marks and although several “blacks” are used to finish the metal, they match together well.

There’s no deep rust-bluing to the metal finishes. Instead, there are practical, non-glossy finishes that will please the airgun hunter.BUYING AND OWNINGThe BSA R-10 SE air rifle is very much a specialist model and so is almost-inevitably an online purchase. But it is readily available from such well-known dealers as Pyramyd Air and Airgun Depot.It’s beneficial that the R-10 is supplied with an additional magazine (for a total of two). Additional mags are available at $49.99 each. A couple of spare O rings for the fill probe are included also.

There’s also a nice metal plug that fits into the fill port to prevent ingress of unwanted dirt in use. But make sure you don’t loose it!However, most users will need to add an adapter that allows the fill probe to be attached to a standard 1/8-inch NPT “Foster” quick-disconnect. This is not included with the gun and you’ll need to purchase one separately.Another good, practical feature is the pair of sling swivel mounting point fixed to the stock. All hunters will appreciate this as it makes carrying the gun easier – and safer – for extended periods in the field.And the HAM Team really likes the location of the pressure gauge.

It’s ahead of the trigger guard and right next to the fill port. There’s no need to look down the barrel in order to check the pressure with the BSA R-10 SE air rifle!There are some downsides to owning the BSA R-10 SE air rifle, but they can all be overcome with experience. The problem is gaining that experience, because the owner’s manual is of little help. HAM Tester Doug Rogers was blunt in his test notes.

He wrote “This is one of the poorest manuals I have seen”.Yes, the owner’s manual for the BSA R-10 SE air rifle covers the product in no less than 11 languages. However, it gives limited guidance to the newcomer, or anyone inexperienced with the gun. Some examples followExample one. The HPA bottle is supplied separately in the packaging from the gun itself. It’s a detachable bottle, so we understand that.

However, the owner’s manual gives no guidance on how to install the bottle. As the new owner will obviously need to do this to use the gun, that information should be given – if only for safety reasons. Yes, you can work it out: but at $1,300 why should you have to?Example two. There’s a fair amount of detail included in the owner’s manual about how to load the BSA R-10 SE air rifle. However, one vital element is completely missing.

There’s no mention of the catch that locks the magazine in place. If you don’t know about that catch, the magazine can’t be installed or removed.

The fact that the magazine catch is not exactly close to the magazine, doesn’t help. And it’s not shown on the diagram of the gun in the owner’s manual because it’s on the opposite side. DuhhhhThere’s a two year limited warranty with the gun.

This is fulfilled in the USA by Gamo as BSA is part of the Gamo group.TEST TARGETSBUY FROM PYRAMYD AIRBUY FROM AIRGUN DEPOTThis entire article including scoring, test targets etc is Copyright Hard Air Magazine and may NOT in part or in whole be reproduced in any electronic or printed medium without prior permission from the publisher.

Movie: The Battleship Island (15) Rating: 4.5/5 I'll be straight: the film was breathtaking. I started watching and didn't realise when 2 hours passed away. It was really engaging, and well executed. Visually it looks like a fantasy. Ryoo Seung-wan's recent release THE BATTLESHIP ISLAND is a well made action film that never gets too melodramatic and the entertainment quotient remains quite high throughout. It's another time I'm impressed with Hwang Jung-min.

He delivers another great performance as he did in ASURA. So Ji-sub was decent in the action sequences, but one would wish his character got a proper scope in the second hour. Song Joong-ki's character was extremely well written and he delivers a great performance. Kim Su-an does another mindblowing job after TRAIN TO BUSAN. One can only wish she does more such roles because she really acts well. Same for rest of the cast.

The screenplay is excellent: it stays focused and never deviates from storytelling. The action sequences are jaw-dropping and mindblowing: make sure you watch the film in a very high quality so as to appreciate the film even more. The cinematography is excellent and captures the eye-catching visuals very well. The editing is decent and really, I didn't wish the film was shorter. THE BATTLESHIP ISLAND turns out to be a terrific action film which should be seen not just because of its high quality technical values but also to know about this extremely well-narrated tale of survival. Like 'Wolf Warrior 2' in China, the commercial success of 'The Battleship Island' in Korea can be largely attributed to its extreme patriotism. From a pure critical point of view, 'The Battleship Island' is rather mediocre, if not utterly catastrophic.

Admittedly, the film is not a total disaster. There are some brutal and bloody action scenes. But this rare merit is easily overshadowed by more CGI-enhanced (in other words, fake) action sequences. Also, Hwang Jung-min and Kim Su-an perform well in the movie such that the love between their characters, the father Kang-OK and the daughter So-hee, undoubtedly moves the audience.

Yet most characters in the movie are flat and one-dimensional, especially Park Moo-young, played by Song Joong-ki. To make things worse, countless problems lie in the plot, the storytelling and the editing. How did Park arrive at the Battleship Island? Why did Park survive long after being shot and severely wounded? Why were the Japanese completely unaware of the meeting of the Koreans? Why did the Japanese give up after the death of their commanding officer?

Why did the Koreans see the explosion of the atomic bomb, which was physically very far away? Why does the movie end suddenly without a fourth act? The name of and the setting for the South Korean historical fantasy action-drama 'The Battlefield Island' (NR, 2:12) is rooted in a fascinating but little-known and previously nearly forgotten chapter from Japanese and Korean history. Japan's Hashima Island lies off the shoreline of Nagasaki and gets its more famous nickname of Battlefield Island (Gunkanjima in Japanese) because of its oblong shape and especially how it looks from above, with the sea walls and many concrete buildings added.

Beginning in 1887, during Japan's rapid industrialization program, Hashima became home to a mining operation which took coal from under the sea. Meanwhile, history also tells us that in 1910, Japan annexed Korea.

During World War II, this colony to the west of Japan was expected to support the country's war effort, including supplying troops to fight the Emperor's battles and workers to mine coal, in order to keep the Japanese war machine chugging along. Although the island's mines employed Japanese workers in various numbers from 1887 through 1974, and Hashima became an important symbol of Japanese modernization, its period as home to Koreans subjected to forced labor and horrible conditions is a blight on its past. (That complicated history required a political compromise between Japan and Korea before Hashima was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2015, part of the group of places called 'Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining'.) This film imagines what an uprising and attempted escape by those Korean workers might have looked like. Lee Kang-OK (Hwang Jung-min) is a bandleader in Korea during World War II. He is the single father to Lee So-hee (Kim Su-an), a precocious but talented little girl who sings and dances with her father's band.

Kang-OK decides to take his band and his daughter to Japan where he believes they will be safer. The group ends up on a ship which is destined for the location of the film's title. During the intake process for the island's new workers, Kang-OK desperately works to convince the officials there that he and his bandmates are in the wrong place.

While the musicians are not allowed to leave the island, the island's director does spare them from the coal mines and allows them to serve him as musicians and in other capacities. Kang- OK is also able to get permission for his daughter to continue performing with the band and work in a domestic capacity, where she is looked after by the island's 'comfort women', especially Oh Mal- nyeon (Lee Jung-hyun). Although she is still a young girl, So-hee is sometimes dressed up and made up like the comfort women and, under the control of the island's director, her safety seems far from certain. Kang-OK does what he can to see and protect his daughter (within the tough restrictions the Japanese place on the Korean workers) and becomes increasingly desperate to get her off the island. Most of Battleship Island's Japanese and Korean residents work in the undersea coal mines, in harsh and dangerous conditions.

This is especially true of the Korean forced laborers who are treated by their Japanese supervisors and guards as slaves, with no thought given to their safety or even their survival. Within the group, a Korean gangster named Choi Chil-sung (So Ji-sub) literally fights for and earns the right to become the unofficial leader of the Koreans on the island, a situation which could either benefit or harm Kang-OK's efforts to get himself and his daughter off the island. Meanwhile, a Korean agent trained by the Americans arrives on the island posing as a worker.

His mission is to arrange the escape of an aging and highly respected Korean resistance leader (Lee Geung-young) who is being held captive on the island, a situation which Kang-OK also tries to use for his benefit. As these circumstances come to a head, the Japanese military officials in charge of the island are coming to the realization that the war is nearing its end, that Japan is likely to lose and that they must make take drastic action to ensure their own survival in the aftermath. The film's plot and subplots all culminate in a daring attempt by the Korean workers to escape Battlefield Island and sail back to Korea, just at the moment history tells us that the Americans are about to take drastic actions of their own which will definitely end the war. 'The Battlefield Island' is an enthralling and fantastically entertaining historical fantasy.

It feels like a South Korean mix of 1997's Oscar-winning 'Life is Beautiful' and the 2001 TV miniseries 'Uprising', just with Japanese Imperial forces instead of Nazis and South Korean forced laborers standing in for European Jews. The fact that the main story is complete fiction is almost immaterial, especially set against the backdrop of a real place and an actual chapter in World War II history. In that sense, it may remind Movie Fans of Quentin Tarantino's 2009 historical fantasy 'Inglourious Basterds'. Although most people know that no plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler ever succeeded, that didn't make the movie any less enjoyable. This film is on a scale and has production values which stand up to some of the best Hollywood blockbusters, but with a decidedly Asian bent.

Director Seung-wan Ryoo ('Veteran', 'The Berlin File', 'The City of Violence') skillfully balances the story's action with its tender moments and its brutality with its humanity, giving audiences worldwide a film that deserves to be seen by all Movie Fans, even those who are most averse to seeing movies with subtitles. Although some of the plot points are a bit too far-fetched, this is an exceptional film, not to be missed. A Japanese island, 9 miles from Nagasaki, enlarged & used from 1897 to 1974 to mine coal w/shafts going down 2/3 of a mile beneath the sea. Oddly, given the Pacific rim geologic history of subduction, that there's massive sedimentary (typically surface heavily vegetated wetlands) deposits of coal forming there. It's common name is Gunkanjima, meaning battle ship. The actual name is Hashima Island. From the '30s to the end of WWII Chinese & Korean conscripts/prisoners numbering in the thousands worked those mine shafts w/80+ temps & 95% humidity & some might say brutal treatment.

During that time period an estimated 1300 miners died. The movie mixes factual & fictionalized events. Kudos goes to the production of one of the best movie sets/props I've ever seen (actually built in Chuncheon, Korea) - Game of Thrones level.

Also to the costuming & makeup personnel for the grimy authenticity & cinematography for the great camera work. Acting was spot-on although as is typical in these types of films the baddies (the Japanese in this case) are made to be really bad dudes. Forewarned - lots of violence, especially towards the end.Minor Spoilers Ahead. I've read four 'professional' critics' reviews on Metacritics so far, and I do not believe that they are doing justice to the movie. So I write mine own here. The movie, although inspired by the harsh conditions of Japanese occupation of Korea, is highly fictional, and the last action piece never happened. That said, the movie is a re-visioned piece, much like Tarantino's 'Inglorious Basterds.'

The movie borrows many elements from Tarantino. 1) Inhumane treatment by historically superior entity, 2) re- visioned telling of the story, and 3) interim comedy. The third element is one this movie executes well. The comedic relationship between the two main characters, along with the horrific conditions they are placed in, make you feel invested in their future.

As it is with Korean cinematic custom, the actions sequence was brutally violent. However, it was magnificently done.

Every minute of it I was clutching the sides of my seat, hoping that the protagonists would prevail. The movie also has layers of hidden messages that perhaps foreigners might not get. The movie's ending action piece is accompanied by 'Ecstasy of Gold.' The music feels out of place yet it oddly fits into the narrative of the entire movie.

There, the filmmaker's alluding to the same message 'The Good and the Bad and the Ugly' presents in its scene. The scene from 'the Good' shows a man. running in a mass graveyard but ecstatic due to his satisfaction of greed. What should be a solemn and mournful place is turned to a fest of greed. The message is toward current Korean culture. Likewise, the filmmaker is criticizing Koreans who live blissfully in unparalleled amount of wealth, almost forgetting the holocaust their ancestors suffered merely two generations ago. The downside is that there is a lack of development for other characters.

By consequence, the side-plot feels out of place and too sudden. There is a twist in the middle, but that twist is likewise affected by the underdevelopment of characters. A good twist needs breadcrumbs leading up to the twist so that it gives the audience the feeling of 'aha!' After combining all the clues.

This movie had none. In sum, this movie is a great piece that reminds Koreans of the horrors of their ancestors.

And, for us foreigners, the movie is informative of the actions of the other side of the AXIS during World War II. It is a historical fact that this island is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Though the Japanese came to an agreement with Koreans that the site used forced labor, they are not providing this information on their tour program and their tour website. While having seen many Hollywood True Historic event based movies, this was the first Korean movie that I have seen ever.So Ji-Sub from 'Oh My Venus' fame and Song Joong-ki from 'Descendents of the Sun' fame, are the two actors who brought me to this point, leading to 'The Battleship Island'. And their performance has been really great. The direction is quite good, leaving very few logical loopholes and the movie captures your constant attention.

While within Korea and Japan most of the people would be aware of such an incident, people like us truly have no idea about such events even happening.And while it is a hair-raisingly tragic affair, I am thankful for making this movie available worldwide and enjoyed the narration and acting overall.P.S. The child artist is amazing as well! Kim Su-An.A must watch for fans of either Korean Movies or the above mentioned actors! The Battleship Island was one of the most awaited Korean movies in 2017 and it did not disappoint the audience. As a total stranger who did not know anything about Hashima Island and the coal mines that were operated by the Japanese during the 1940s, the movie gave me a lot information of that history, which actually made me read more how the Koreans were enslaved during Japanese occupational era. The movie tells a story of 400 Korean men, women and children who were trapped and slaved to work in a coal mine with minimum facilities given.

The difficulties faced by the victims and the power struggle between officials and them are shown in a very realistic nature. The three lead characters are of Hwang Jung-min, So Ji-sub and Song Joong-ki.

Hwang is a a bad master who tries to immigrates to Japan but is sent to this island with his daughter. So is a gangster from Seoul who ends up in the same situation as Hwang. However, Song only appears in the movie after about half an hour of its run and completely steels the scenes afterwards. Unlike the others he being an under-cover soldier is sent to the island to rescue a so-called patriotic leader who is trapped. However, things goes in a different direction and all of them unites to rebel against the Japanese officials and flee the island by ship to return to Korea. Throughout the movie we can see patriotism vs betrayal, power against the feeble and poor which is applicable for modern times as well. I personally enjoyed this movies which I recommend for those who prefers movies of this genre: history and patriotism.

THE BATTLESHIP ISLAND is another exemplary slice of filmmaking from South Korea, with the kind of perfect direction that rival Hollywood directors can only dream about. The setting is the grubby tail-end of 1945, where miners work in a Japanese-controlled prison camp and the Koreans must contend with corruption, betrayal, rivalry and resistance fighters spurring escapes and break-outs.

It's epic film-making with fine production values throughout and intelligent scripting which weaves together various sub-plots and characters into a satisfying mix. There's action, emotion, tragedy and careful character work, all of it handled deftly by an experienced cast and a director who knows exactly what works. Things build to the kind of rousing climax that delivers everything you want, and more. I can't decide whether this was intended to be a drama or comedy, as it has equal parts of both (in the beginning), although the drama is more dramatic than the humor is funny.

I also can't understand why a girl was cast as a boy who dresses like a girl (the role of Lee So-hee), unless she was just passed off as a boy in the film, but still looked more like a girl than a boy. The characters' intentions are also somewhat unclear at times. Having said this, it was still a good, enjoyable film though. Some great photography and action scenes.

The final battle scene during the escape is awesome!! A darn good war movie about Koreans under Japanese rule in WW2 with a searing extended battle scene. To start there is a good build up of the terrible forced labour conditions and use of comfort women. Even though the escape didn't take place it is set in the real life Hashima Island which was actually used for forced labour. The cinematography and sets are above Western international standards. Quite good array of characters for a war movie.

A few parts were a bit confusing and lost in translation but generally it was a well made and very gripping movie. Thankfully, I was given a chance to view this film at the closed preview just a day before the opening in Seoul. So with free tickets, along with free drinks and popcorn which was provided by the distributor of the film, I was in a very happy state when the viewing started, which fell much to dismay at the end of the film.

By the way, I said 'thankfully' because I did not had to spend a dime for the ticket. Still, I am regretful that I wasted my good 2 hours for. For this piece. I do not want to give away spoilers for those who want to watch this awful film, but I can simply narrow it down to one thing; entertainment characteristics of the films. Whenever we go to a movie theater to see a certain film such as this, we visit not expecting to watch a historical document film, but expecting a nice 'fictional' plot, of course being based on the historical events.

The movies, after all, are always fictional. As much as it tries to depict the history much close to exact facts as possible, it is nevertheless, fictional lines and fictional stories which were re- created for viewer's pleasure. After the preview finished, there was a Q&A session with the director Mr. Seung-wan Ryoo. One of the audience asked the director whether this film is bound to be criticized for creating much of the 'fictional story' instead of accurately following the exact turn of events. Films being fiction, is the biggest premise that all the audience agree on.

For watching well made historical films such as 'Braveheart', 'Saving Private Ryan', 'Titanic', 'Das Boot' and so forth. I don't ever recall people criticizing these films for being too fictitious.

'300' was absurdly fictitious as well, but was quite well received by the viewers. Quite entertaining too. So, when the audience asks the director, whether this film to be criticized for being 'too fictitious', I think he meant to say he was not mesmerized with the story-line, at all. Chatroulette programs. That's it for this film.

Not entertaining at all. If you want to destroy the actual history, you should at least try to make it fun & pleasing as possible. Director pointed out when he recalled the actual history of Battleship Island, his imagination unraveled beyond limitation. I believe that's where the problem lies.

Getting carried away by one's imagination too much. Additionally, one audience pointed out this film being quite similar to Bollywood made history movies if we forget dancing on the Bollywood films, and much of violence on this film. Most of Bollywood history films (Don't get me wrong, I am a big fan of them, big love for Khans), while completely ignoring the actual turn of events, there is a one a bright shining (Good looking as well) hero who saves the day for all, or die-trying, very dramatically. But even I love Bollywood movies, I didn't expected to watch 'Special Bollywood edition Korean film' with additional blood-lust. Emotionally gripping for me to watch this because I tend to be overwhelmed by what happened to the characters in war-plot movie. The casts were all great and wonderful in their roles, each bringing out one another's best aspects and molded their chemistry throughout the journey in this movie. There were various themes on humanity being touched and carried on as the key to this movie while you are brought into an existential reflection of what if you are part of it in that war-era period, what would you have done to stay alive and what would you have chose to do.

Watch this movie without getting too hung up on the political facts but more on being in the shoes of those who had to plough their way for survival. I also like the cinematography of the scenes when everyone trying to escape and working together towards it although I must say the ways certain gun shots shown just a bit hard to comprehend how certain people so easily died while certain just survived. Like 'Wolf warriors 2' this movie great not because its patriotic (really I live far away from this countries and I totally don't care), but because its great even its extreme patriotic! Why you can appreciate stupid chapiteau like Spielberg's 1941, with all his anti-jap propaganda, but can't see how serious Battleship island. Or why you not crapping on explo like 'Son of Saul'?

So if you not like this kind of hypocrite - you really can enjoy this film. Its good in action, good in drama, actor play - really great. Hard 10 of 10.

From all the Asian countries Korea has the best movies. I don't know why that is, but it's just a fact. I saw enough Asian movies by now to come to that conclusion. Gun-Ham-Do is certainly not the best Korean movie I ever watched but it's well made and worth a watch. As usual it's very loud verbally, like almost all Asian movies. I don't know why but they seem angry all the time when they talk.

In this movie they could be though as it is a war movie about Hashima Island, more a concentration camp than a work environment if you ask me. There are some really good battle scenes, especially at the end.

It clearly shows they put some effort in this movie. I wouldn't say all the actors are great actors, because for that some extras looked too fake in their expressions, and that's the case for most Asian movies. It seems they like to exaggerate a bit. And for that I score this movie lower.

The story is interesting though, with good visual effects. If you like Korean movies give this one a shot. The three lead actors are among South Korea's most talented and loved, and the story of what Japan did to Korea is true (enslavement, rape, and mass murder, just as they inflicted on Nanking, China), a story that many Americans don't know about our ally.

Though there are some plot gaps and sequencing gaffes creating a cut and paste effect in a few scenes, the film is well worth watching because of its themes, both historic and dramatic, and because of the twists, intrigues, betrayals, and heroism of this Korean story set in the face of the horrors of war and occupation. The film opens and closes in black and white, except at the end a spectral bit of horrifying color followed by the anguished face of the child. It follows a thrilling yet heartbreaking action sequence and closes with an elegiac triumph soaked in grief. This is, after all, a war story. There is a reason why Asians, especially the Koreans, have captured the world's attention while Hollywood continues to slide. They have tremendous talent, imagination, brilliance, and expertise along with a thousand-year history of culture, ideas, and experience.

And because they are that good.