R-Point (2004)

Original title

알포인트

Directed by

Gong Su-chang

Genre

drama film, horror film, mystery film

Country

South Korea

Runtime

1h 46m

Rated

16

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 188 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A South Korean platoon is sent to investigate a mysteriously missing patrol during the Vietnam War. They discover the French colonial plantation where the unit vanished, and begin to experience strange and frightening events.

tensecreepysuspensefulatmosphericslow-burnhauntingclaustrophobicuneasy

What happens

R-Point (Korean: 알 포인트) is a 2004 South Korean psychological horror war film written and directed by Kong Su-chang. Set in Vietnam in 1972, during the Vietnam War, it stars Kam Woo-sung and Son Byong-ho as members of the South Korean Army in Vietnam. Most of the movie was shot in Cambodia. Bokor Hill Station plays a prominent part of the movie, in this case doubling as a French colonial plantation. In 2011, Palisades Tartan re-released this film on DVD under the title Ghosts of War. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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