Operation Chromite | Blu-ray & DVD (Sony)
RELEASE DATE: January 24, 2017
John H. Lee’s (71: Into the Fire) South Korean actioner, Operation Chromite, is exploding its way to Blu-ray & DVD on January 24, 2017, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
Operation Chromite stars Lee Jung-jae (Assassination), Jin Se-yun (Enemies In-Law), Lee Beom-su (The Divine Move) and Liam Neeson (Taken), who portrays General Douglas MacArthur.
According to THR, Operation Chromite is the codename for the Battle of Incheon that took place on Sept. 15, 1950, shortly after the Korean War broke out on June 25. It was a surprise attack in which U.N. forces landed in the South Korean harbor city to drive out the North Koreans, and is recognized as a turning point for U.N.-backed South Korea against the communist North. Operation Chromite will focus on eight Korean war heroes.
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I was really looking forward to this guy remaking John Woo’s The Killer. Hopefully it will still happen. 71 Into the Fire had a few moments that greatly resembled some of Woo’s best. The guy showed some promise and hope he gets a shot at a 100% heroic bloodshed film.
I feel like Korea kind of already has it’s own remake of ‘The Killer’, with the 2006 Andrew Lau directed flick ‘Daisy’. I posted a review of that one here –
http://cityonfire.com/daisy-2006-review-korean-hong-kong-chinese-jun-ji-hyun/