Operation Chromite (film)

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Operation Chromite
Operation Chromite (film) poster.jpeg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by John H. Lee Jae-han
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  • Jeong Tae-won
  • Lee Kyu-chang
Written by Lee Man-hee
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Music by Lee Dong-joon
Edited by Steve M. Choi
Production
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Taewon Entertainment
Distributed by CJ Entertainment
Release dates
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  • 27 July 2016 (2016-07-27)
Running time
 111 minutes[1]
Country South Korea
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  • Korean
  • English
Budget US$12.7 million[2]
Box office US$50.9 million[3]

Operation Chromite (Hangul: 인천상륙작전; hanja: 仁川上陸作戰; RR: Incheon Sangryuk Jakjeon) is a 2016 South Korean war drama film directed by John H. Lee and based on the real-life events of the Battle of Inchon,[4][5] although it presents a fictionalized version of the historical CIA/US military intelligence operation "Trudy Jackson", conducted before the actual landing operation. It was released on 27 July 2016 in South Korea.[6]

Plot

In 1950, just a few months after North Korean forces have overrun most of South Korea, an American-led UN coalition is deployed to Korea to aid the struggling South Koreans. General Douglas MacArthur devises a secret plan to attack behind enemy lines at the port city of Incheon. The risky strategy is opposed by leaders of the other military branches, forcing MacArthur to devise a clandestine operation to gather essential information from within occupied Incheon by coordinating a weeklong South Korean intelligence operation known as "X-Ray".

The linchpin of this top-secret incursion, Captain Jang Hak-Soo of the South Korean navy Intelligence Unit (a former North Korean army officer who defected to South Korea after seeing his father executed in front of him by his fellow communist officers), and seven members of the X-Ray unit disguise themselves as a North Korean inspection unit and infiltrate the North Korean army command center in Incheon, coordinated by Soviet-trained Commander Lim Gye-Jin, a protégé of the North Korean leader, Kim Il-Sung. Their prime objective is to determine the placement of North Korean defenses (such as mines and artillery) and the tactical characteristics of the Incheon harbor, notorious for swift currents and major tidal surges and secure a lighthouse crucial to the landing's success.

Immediately suspicious of Jang’s "inspection mission", Lim attempts to impede his comrade’s investigation and orders his staff to monitor the new arrivals closely. The U.S. command relays MacArthur’s orders to obtain navigation charts showing naval mine placements in the harbor and prepare a strategy to assist the coalition forces with landing an amphibious assault in a narrow two-hour window between tides. When contacts within the South Korean military intelligence unit known as KLO (Korean Liaison Office, predecessor to current day South Korean Headquarters of Intelligence Detachment, or HID) warn Jang that time is running out to successfully complete the mission, he pushes his group to extremes. Meanwhile in Tokyo, MacArthur prepares Operation Chromite, an invasion force of 75,000 UN troops and over 200 warships to imminently depart for the Korean Peninsula. [7]

Cast

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Reception

The film was number-one on its opening at the South Korean box office, grossing US$18.47 million.[6] with around seven million tickets sold as of 5 December 2016. It grossed US$50 million worldwide.[2]

It received 33% approval with an average rating of 49 percent from 18 reviews on movie review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.[10]

Sequel

A second installment of the film, The Battle of Jangsari 9.15 set to be released in 2019.[11] The film has already entered pre-production stage, with Megan Fox and Kim Myung-min has confirmed joining the cast. The film will be following the a similar plot-line as its predecessor.[12]

Awards and nominations

Award Category Recipient Result Citation(s)
53rd Grand Bell Awards Best New Actor Kim Hee-jin Nominated
[13]
Best Costume Design Oh Sang-jin Nominated
Best Music Lee Dong-jun Nominated
Best Sound Recording Nominated
Best Visual Effect Moon Byung-yong, Cho E-suck Nominated
Popularity Award Lee Beom-soo Won
New Rising Star Award Kim Hee-jin
(Tied with Choi Ri of Spirits' Homecoming)		 Won

References

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  13. ↑ "Winners Of The 53rd Grand Bell Awards Revealed". soompi.com

External links

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