Heaven's Soldier's, from Korea, is surrounded by quite a bit of speculation. This movie while produced by South Korea is viewed by much of the world as a plea for a unified Korea. This speculation might have been lost in translation, but I can understand how it might have been inferred.
After a super secret meeting between North & South Korea and a nuclear weapon is stolen. After some cosmic events this weapon is transported back in time by pure coincidence - along with a small group of special forces troops which were firing at each other prior to traveling through time.
One of the first people the team comes into contact with is a figure of extreme historical significance who instead of being the valiant conqueror/protector is a petty thief and beggar. The North Korean troops are deluded enough to believe that this great figure is part of the ruling line of their country while South Korea reinforces how that is impossible. From that point on there are many pokes at North Korea by the South Korean troops.
This movie was filmed fairly well. There are also many parts of the movie that made me laugh. The fights between the future troops and invading barbarians of the past were done well. There's one part of the movie, a scene where a claymore blows up that is a must see. Cheon Gun makes it in my list of to see movies as one of those you put a number on and wait for the day when you have plenty of time. It is entertaining and it does give some very slight insight into the relationship between the Koreas.
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