I watched this movie on a whim. I had nothing better to do and there was nothing else to watch, so I decided to watch this Korean police-drama.
I'm not up to speed with foreign actors so I don't know any of the actors in this movie; however, I'll say that they did a fine job. Being that I don't speak Korean, I don't know for sure if they put in the proper stresses on words for anger, sadness, etc...but from what I can see in their motions and body language, the acting was quite superb.
Usually, if the acting is good, the atmosphere is good too. This movie definitely had good atmosphere. I could sense that it's a dreary world being a cop. The prison scenes were excellently set up. The death scenes were well created and looked pretty realistic. The music definitely complemented the scenes...great job on atmosphere!! The plot was simple: there's a killer out there, let's catch him. This genre is as old as Nancy Reagan's wrinkled up forehead and it's always fun to see how movie-makers try to make it exciting. In this case, it was the good ol' scalpel. The murder / death scenes were okay but nothing really original or memorable. The two main cops were standard cops, nothing outstanding or incredible. They hint that the lady cop lost her fiancé but they didn't develop that storyline too much. Just two cops trying to catch a killer. Blah...
This movie did not make me feel many emotions. I got bored and almost fell asleep at a few points. I give this movie a 5-star rating because it has good acting and good atmosphere. It wasn't a total waste of my time. It's just that it's a disappointingly boring movie.
If there's nothing else on TV and this is the only movie left at your local Red Box, check it out. It's not too bad but you'd probably end up dozing off. Perhaps, go check out another Red Box to see if it has more selection?
I'm not up to speed with foreign actors so I don't know any of the actors in this movie; however, I'll say that they did a fine job. Being that I don't speak Korean, I don't know for sure if they put in the proper stresses on words for anger, sadness, etc...but from what I can see in their motions and body language, the acting was quite superb.
Usually, if the acting is good, the atmosphere is good too. This movie definitely had good atmosphere. I could sense that it's a dreary world being a cop. The prison scenes were excellently set up. The death scenes were well created and looked pretty realistic. The music definitely complemented the scenes...great job on atmosphere!! The plot was simple: there's a killer out there, let's catch him. This genre is as old as Nancy Reagan's wrinkled up forehead and it's always fun to see how movie-makers try to make it exciting. In this case, it was the good ol' scalpel. The murder / death scenes were okay but nothing really original or memorable. The two main cops were standard cops, nothing outstanding or incredible. They hint that the lady cop lost her fiancé but they didn't develop that storyline too much. Just two cops trying to catch a killer. Blah...
This movie did not make me feel many emotions. I got bored and almost fell asleep at a few points. I give this movie a 5-star rating because it has good acting and good atmosphere. It wasn't a total waste of my time. It's just that it's a disappointingly boring movie.
If there's nothing else on TV and this is the only movie left at your local Red Box, check it out. It's not too bad but you'd probably end up dozing off. Perhaps, go check out another Red Box to see if it has more selection?