I felt like the new happy ending didn't match up to the original ending in the anime movie. With the exception of Kim Mu-yeol, the cast are about as stiff as boards, and I think it's because they have so little to work with their characters. damn. Disappointing & Forgettable. The majority of the story beats and the characters personalities, however, are lifted the whole cloth from the original. I get CGi's and improvise locations you can't duplicate or make but at least make the story original, isn't that why you're making that movie?!?! After that I didn't care who was fighting who. Interesting what the Korean Scriptwriters think about Super Powers meddling into Reunification of the Republic of South Korea and the Democratic People's Nation of North Korea. Each of them is a one man army, with heavy duty machine guns, steel shields on their forearms capable of resisting hand-grenades, and German war helmets with gas masks covering their faces. Alright, well why would Korean take on remaking "Jin Roh: Wolf Brigade"? Public Security agents follow a tracking device in Kei's bag and make their way into the tunnels. That concept alone makes for a fascinating science-fiction film, but unfortunately, its all setup that is immediately abandoned. Illang: The Wolf Brigade picks up five years into the unification plans. JUNG_E. I think I prefer the wolf ending over this, but was hoping for something more substantial to tie it all together. As he proposed the project to Bandai Visual at a meeting they instead asked him to direct Ghost in the Shell but green-lit the series for pre-production. The sequences are clean, and for the most part, dont fall prey to my biggest pet peeve of actions movies which are when theres a lot happening but I have no idea how to even begin to tell what is going on. By The only bright spot is newcomer Kim Moo-Jeol as the villain wearing a badass leather coat who manages to breath some fresh air into the mean economics of the movie. I'll call it resonance for now, but Jin Roh definitely has it. This wasn't originally in Bandai's plans for the film, but Oshii expected Kazunori It, his usual screenwriter, to reject their offer as he had previously told him that he didn't want to write a story involving dogs following his work for Jin-Roh live-action prequel The Red Spectacles, and after he did so he was offered the role. But there's always one guy whose conscience can't be stomped out and Lim is that soldier. Illang tries for a slightly different emotional tug, but it didnt quite take the time to build it up for me the way the slower, more plodding Jin-Roh managed. Failing to create any sense of intrigue about its futuristic world, The Wolf Brigade is one disappointing mess that carries bits n pieces of brilliance scattered here n there but the overall product is too weak & uninspiring to sustain the interest and leaves the viewers feeling rather indifferent in the end.