‘My Way” is not, as the title might suggest, a Frank Sinatra biopic. No, it’s an eye-popping, empty-headed World War II epic made in South Korea.
The slight story revolves around two long-distance-marathon rivals, one Japanese and the other Korean. The film follows them from their first meeting (as schoolboys) to their reuniting as prisoners of war forced to fight for the Nazis during the invasion of Normandy in 1944.
In between are more than two hours of savage, bloody CGI-enhanced combat, with explosions galore and a body count seldom seen on the big screen. Everything looks terrific — which is to be expected from the movie with the largest budget ($25 million) in South Korean history. Just don’t expect much in the plot department.