The setting of this
film is the late 1920’s in Japan.
A group of resistance fighters are trying to bring in explosives from
Shanghai to eliminate key Japanese facilities in Seoul, Korea. The Japanese agents are trying to stop
them. A Korean-born Japanese
police officer is leading the battle with the resistance fighters. He tries to take the fighters in alive
so they can be questioned.
Previously, this police officer was in the independence movement.
Usually a film like
this would have subtitles but it has been dubbed in English. I think this one thing takes away a LOT
from the movie. I couldn’t keep
interested and this would be required with subtitles to be able understand anything
about the movie!! It does make it
easier to watch with English but it seems watered down and unimpressive. I didn’t feel drawn by any of the
characters and the run time is too long?
2* (I didn’t like this movie)
140
min, Action directed by Jee-woon Kim with Byung-hun Lee, Yoo gong, Kang-ho
Song, Ji-min Han, Hee-soon Park, Seong-rok Sin, Shingo Tsurumi.
Note: Imdb 7.2 out of 10, 100% critic 82%
audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert 3*, Amazon 4.4* out of 5* with 14
reviews, Metacritic 78 out of 100 with 14 critics no user score as yet.
Special
Note: Filmed in Seoul, South
Korea. This film was the official
submission of South Korea for Best Foreign Language film for the 2017 Academy
Awards. The winner was The
Salesman submitted by Iran. This
is the first Korean production by Warner Bros.
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