The Crime Of Korea (1950)

★★★★ · 1950- year of change · rsmith02 · 2003-07-08

This film is interesting for its snapshot of American thought in 1950. After years of grueling total war, Americans had hoped to settle into a new era of peace. The Communist near-capture of South Korea and war against American forces was a jarring wake-up call. The end of this move exhorts Americans to support the war effort and rearmament yet again, this time to preserve peace from Communist aggression. As the war-weary correspondent hints throughout the film, when will the needless fighting finally end?

★★★ · Ick! · Spuzz · 2003-04-11

Not very pleasant propoganda film lambasting Korea for all sorts of War crimes. As the correspondent intones, it was very gay. And the americans were gay as well when they were there.. Who knew? (I know, I know.. but this sounds funny the way it's described here). Anyways, this rosy outlook changes five years later with the Korean War, where casualty after casualty is shown, some are quite gruesome. Not too sure how much is true, or how much of it is balanced (hearing a war correspondent talk about communists as idiotic is not really balanced). Proceed at your own risk!