YMMV / D-War

• Angst? What Angst?:
  • Apparently the destruction of Los Angeles doesn't matter if you're the reincarnation of a Korean warrior.
  • The FBI agent who had no trouble whatsoever about shooting his partner to save some random girl.
• Awesome Music: The version of Arirang, the famous Korean folk song, that plays over the end credits.
• Big-Lipped Alligator Moment: Several, the most glaring example being the entire Los Angeles battle, especially since it is swept under the rug ten minutes in, becomes inconsequential to the remainder of the movie (the battle does nothing to stop the Atrox Army from finding/capturing Sarah and Ethan), and only exists so that we can see U.S. soldiers fight a supernatural dragon army. Which is fair.
• Cliché Storm: Just watch the beach scene with Ethan and Sarah. They are not conversing so much as spouting random romance cliches at each other before kissing.
• Complete Monster: Buraki is a destructive and malevolent Imoogi who seeks to become a Celestial Dragon by claiming the Yuh Yi Joo for himself so he can destroy Heaven and Earth and rebuild them in his own twisted image. When Heaven had the Yuh Yi Joo hidden inside of a young girl, Buraki had his army invade the girl's village and slaughter the villagers, including a young child, before chasing after the girl himself, leading to her and her guardian, Haram, committing suicide to stop him. Returning 500 years later, Buraki and his forces slaughter countless innocents out of pure sadism while hunting down Sarah Daniels, the modern reincarnation of the young girl. When his forces capture Sarah and her reincarnated guardian Ethan, Buraki attempts to devour the former to claim the Yuh Yi Joo before being disrupted by the chosen good Imoogi who was awakened to oppose him. During the battle, Buraki gains the upper hand and mortally wounds the noble serpent before resuming his diabolical ambitions.
• Ensemble Dark Horse: Viewers immediately latched onto Craig Robinson as Bruce. It helps that his character comes off just as worn out and exasperated as the audience surely is.
• Esoteric Happy Ending: Buraki is defeated, but Sarah is dead, Los Angeles has been devastated by the attacks, and Ethan is left alone trapped in the middle of the desert. And we still don't know what happened to Bruce!
• Just Here for Godzilla: The movie works far better if you go into it for the fights, monsters and explosions - of which there are only 30 minutes left.
• Moment of Awesome:
  • The battle scenes with Buraki's dinosaur-riding army and the modern army.
  • The final climactic battle between Buraki and the good Imugi, who transforms into a celestial dragon to unload whoopass.
• Narm: Whenever a mook in the Atrox Army dies. They make this really squeaky "Oweeooh!" noise as they fall over.
• So Bad, It's Good: Lots of convoluted Korean mythology, plot holes as far as the eye can see. It's unintentionally hilarious. Final battle is still awesome though.
  • As the Rifftrax points out, two people ask "What are you talking about?" in regards to the plot within the span of ten minutes. That's not a good sign...
• Special Effect Failure: Ironically mostly when CGI is not involved, where it looks like a $35 million episode of Power Rangers.
• Strangled by the Red String: Hell, they might as well be telling the other that they "hate the sand" or "love the water", parallels can certainly be drawn between the two couples.
• Visual Effects of Awesome: The biggest difference between this movie and Plan 9 from Outer Space is that it has awesome CGI.

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