The Fortress 2017
6.7 /10
Ancient Korea, 17th century. The powerful Khan of the Jurchen tribe of Manchuria, who fights the Ming dinasty to gain China, becomes the first ruler of the Qing dinasty and demands from King In-jo of Joseon to bow before him; but he refuses, being loyal to the Mings. On December 14th, 1636, the Qing horde invades Joseon, so King In-jo and his court shelter in the mountain fortress of Namhan and prepare to defend the kingdom.
Release Dates
| Country | Release Type | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| BR | Streaming | Nov 3, 2021 |
| DE | DVD | Jun 27, 2019 |
| FR | DVD | Aug 8, 2018 |
| GB | Streaming | Nov 12, 2018 |
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Full Cast & Crew
Choe Myeong-gil
Kim Sang-heon
King In-jo
Seo Nal-soe
Lee Si-baek
Kim Ryu
Jeong Myeong-su
Chil-bok
Yong Gol-dae
Khan
Lee Du-gap
Chief Scholar (uncredited)
Deputy Chief Scholar (uncredited)
Eunuch (uncredited)
Old Boatman (uncredited)
Na-ru
Soldier
Minister
Royal Forces Commander
Soldier
Messenger Officer
Subject 1
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Avengers Age of Ultron is an excellent sequel and a worthy MCU title! There are a lot of good and one thing that feels off in my opinion.
THE GOOD:
First off the action in this movie is amazing, to buildings crumbling, to evil blue eyed robots tearing stuff up, this movie has the action perfectly handled. And with that action comes visuals. The visuals are really good, even though you can see clearly where they are through the movie, but that doesn't detract from the experience. While all the CGI glory is taking place, there are lovable characters that are in the mix. First off the original characters, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow, and Hawkeye, are just as brilliant as they are always. And Joss Whedon fixed my main problem in the first Avengers by putting in more Hawkeye and him more fleshed out. Then there is the new Avengers, Quicksilver, Scarletwich, and Vision, they are pretty cool in my opinion. Vision in particular is pretty amazing in all his scenes.
THE BAD:
The beginning of the film it's fine until towards the second act and there is when it starts to feel a little rushed. Also I do feel like there are scenes missing but there was talk of an extended version on Blu-Ray so that's cool.
I can't right much... it's just so forgettable...Okay, from what I remember, I remember just sitting down on my seat and waiting for the movie to begin. 5 minutes into the movie, boring scene of Tony Stark just talking to his "dead" friends saying it's his fault. 10 minutes in: Boring scene of Ultron and Jarvis having robot space battles(I dunno:/). 15 minutes in: I leave the theatre.2nd attempt at watching it: I fall asleep. What woke me up is the next movie on Netflix when the movie was over.
Bottemline: It's boring...
10/10 because I'm a Marvel Fanboy
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So in that spirit of fun Avengers: Age Of Ultron comes before us and everyone looks like they're having a good time saving the world. A computer program got loose and took form in this dimension named Ultron and James Spader who is completely unrecognizable is running amuck in the earth. No doubt Star Trek fans took notice that this guy's mission is to cleanse the earth much like that old earth probe NOMAD which got its programming mixed up in that classic Star Trek prime story. Wouldst Captain James T. Kirk of the Enterprise had a crew like Downey has at his command.
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Pretend you're a kid again and enjoy, don't take it so seriously.
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Cast & crew of
The Fortress
Directors & Credit Writers
Director
Co-Executive Producer
Screenplay
Sound Supervisor
Costume Design
Production Design
Adaptation
Executive Producer
Original Music Composer
Cast
Kim Sang-heon
King In-jo
Seo Nal-soe
Lee Si-baek
Kim Ryu
Jeong Myeong-su
Chil-bok
Yong Gol-dae
Khan
Lee Du-gap
Chief Scholar (uncredited)
Deputy Chief Scholar (uncredited)
Eunuch (uncredited)
Old Boatman (uncredited)
Na-ru
Soldier
Minister
Royal Forces Commander
Soldier
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