simonidisgavriil This is one of the best movies I have ever seen in my life.It is always difficult for Englishmen to admit that Nelson ever had an equal in his profession, but if any man is entitled to be so regarded, it should be this great naval commander of Asiatic race who never knew defeat and died in the presence of the enemy,this one definitely worth a watch,in my opinion this movie deserves 9.0 not 7.2

grandmastersik One of the best war films I've seen in years, The Admiral may take time to get going for those who love CGI crap like 300, but when the final battle kicks off, it's a certain victory! With the Japanese Prime Minister (or the equivalent) eager to conquer Korea before illness takes his life, scores of thousands of men seek to finally crush a nation kept alive almost solely by the genius of its naval Admiral, Yi Sun-Shin. The film begins after Korea's navy had suffered a massive defeat and the nation is on the verge of capture, with 12 ships all that stands in the way of 330 Japanese vessels sailing into the Korean capital of Joseon and wreaking havoc.Faced with an impossible task, the Emporor orders Yi Sun-Shin to disband what remains of the navy and make every man available for a last stand on dry land, but The Admiral knows that this is to invite defeat and devises a way to oppose their enemy...I mentioned that this film may seem slow, but I didn't find it so: with a ruthless villain quickly established, the plight of the nation portrayed dramatically and not via some cheap voice-over, spies building up the tension and facing a potential mutiny, Yi Sun-Shi is brilliantly acted by a Oldboy star, Min-sik Choi, who perfectly captures the stoic suffering of a man who carries the nation's only hope on his shoulders.The film effectively being in two parts: the build-up and the battle - which is edge-of-your-seat stuff full to the brim with emotion - there will be some who'll complain about the first hour, while still rating the film highly because the battle is so damn excellent! Those with more patience, however, will get the most out of the historical epic, and will almost doubtlessly look up Yi Sun-Shin afterwards, as it's just that much of an awe-inspiring flick.

Daniyal Shamkhalov I stumbled upon this movie as i was reading on who admiral Yi was and knowing his feats in the art of war, this movie made me excited as this is the first movie on this topic I was about to watch. Now, an hour and a half later (didn't finish the whole movie), I just wish that I didn't watch it as it was a complete waste of time. The acting in my opinion was bad at its best, character development was nonexistent, they didn't have more than 1 trait to their personality and the interactions between characters felt very unnatural and forced which made it cringeworthy to watch. I also found the producers attempt to emotionally connect the viewer to the events and characters in the movie pathetic. They completely failed with the task which just made the movie really weird and left me wondering what they were crying over all the time.I LOVE the idea behind this movie, making an epic movie about the undefeated general Yi Sun, but this movie fails at it...and quite miserably actually. So don't waste your time, just skip this movie.

zero-signal The Admiral supposed to be a legendary historical war movie. But this could be accurate no way. It starts quite good but failed when decision making and thinking scenes starts. Those scenes took way to long time with close up character shoots and also glorious movie music. Music is one of the strongest part of a movie i believe. For example, in a well executed sad scene, if the music is right, it could make you cry maybe throws you to the pits of depression. Well, in The Admiral, they try to do this. He have to make a decision so let the world stop and big orchestra play like something happening. Music didn't worked for me in The Admiral. Eventually this makes hard to embrace the "good guys". I loved Japan side more. At least they they look more capable of doing something, which they fail miserably.Human kind always amazes me with its need of unbelievable, heroic and amazing features. We always imagine something and after a while worship it like it comes from heavens or some other unimaginable dimension. so it goes same with this movie. One group of people looks and says; He defends his land with 12 ship (actually more of the work was accomplished with only one ship, all other 11 ship just watch the river burn, according to movie.) versus 330 ships. Well if it really happened like in this movie it could be miracle. But i am living here on earth and i look and see that only 3 ship could be enough for whatever the number of enemy side, but apparently, with a perfect strategy. As i am sure, really happened somewhere in time. So if you want to watch a realistic feudal era, far east movie, do not bother with The Admiral. If you want to watch an action adventure, full of life struggles and lame experience quotes, The Admiral is the film.And i can't stop myself to tell this; vision of Japan & Korean marines at those times were epic. No matter how far their ship to the scene, no matter what's position of their ship to the point, they could watch everything like watching film at an imax theater. Awesome.