Silmido (2003)★ 7.5/10

실미도

KR · 135 min · December 24, 2003

• Action
• Drama

Directed by: Kang Woo-suk

Written by: Hie-jae Kim

Based on a true story of 1968 Korean Republic Army plan to assassinate North Korean president Kim Il-Sung. 31 criminals and death row inmates are recruited into secret training on the island of Silmi; for two years they are subjected to maximum mental and physical abuse before the mission is cancelled and the unit terminated.