71: Into the Fire
2010, NR, 120 min.
Directed by John H. Lee, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Cha Seung-won, Kim Seung-woo, Kwon Sang-woo, Choi Seung-hyeon, David Lee McInnis.

Not reviewed at press time. This South Korean war film commemorates the country’s 71 college students who, in 1950, held the line against North Korean soldiers, who greatly outnumbered them. The limited release, which pays tribute to the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War, was not screened for critics in advance of opening.

This article appears in July 30 • 2010.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.