The Ukishima Maru Massacre (2019)
22nd of August, 1945. Japan lost the war and they loaded an 8,000 person Joseon laborer force onto a ship called the Ukisima to take them to the Busan Port. However, the ship sunk into the water due to an unknown blast. This is the story of thousands of Joseon people who dreamed of returning to their families and how they died.
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I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.
The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.
It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...