2012 · action · drama · romance
Soar Into the Sun
Directed by Kim Dong-won1h 53m2012
Tae-hun causes trouble for the his unit with his antics. He does not take much seriously until a dogfight leaves a pilot dead and another missing. Tae-hun and the other members of his unit launch a rescue mission to prevent a war from breaking out.
Our read: Soar Into the Sun (2012) reads as a neutral, breathless, grounded action · drama · romance entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, breathless, measured action / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured.
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