Korean budget mark soars on back of Shim's dragons

November 17, 2006 Here's a director no one trusts, going to the U.S., hiring hundreds of people, building an effects house from scratch and everything. Even though that movie was incredibly expensive at the time, Shim decided that he needed to go even bigger -- professional actors, cutting edge special effects, everything top of the line. [...] "D-War" features an unusual combination of Korean and Hollywood talent, including a score from Steve Jablonsky ("The Island") and a mostly Western cast that includes Robert Forster and Jason Behr.

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