Gregory Peck stars in Pork Chop Hill, a no-frills Korean War movie where grit, strategy, and sacrifice collide.

A look at the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, when UN troops were virtually surrounded by the Chinese in subfreezing temperatures in late 1950 during the Korean War.

Shedding new light on a geopolitical hot spot, the film — written and produced by John Maggio and narrated by Korean-American actor John Cho — confronts the “Forgotten War” perception of ...

But other critics, including Hwang Jin-mi, argue that the U.S. participation in the Korean War is overly glorified. They dismiss the movie as an “anachronistic anti-communist film” that ...