Release date: May 2012
After years of beating each other in international meets, then losing against the powerhouse Chinese team, the two Koreas come together to field a combined table-tennis team, the first time for such a sports team in the fifty years since the division of the Korean peninsula. The story is based on real people and events of 1991. First, the two sides find working with each other a daunting task, they are so different in conduct and attitude, then the two sides begin to bond.
As a film plot, it’s been done
before: disparate individuals are forced to work together as a team to overcome
great odds: first they grate, then they bond and overcome the odds. Nothing
unexpected here. The film is done well and is fun to watch. It has got to be a
hit even in North Korea, as the super-star Bae Doona was cast as the North
Korean table-tennis team leader!
My take: 4 stars
the film emphasizes the style
differences between
the South Korean and North
Korean teams.
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