It looked an interesting film, and I'm quite a fan of Korean cinema so sat down to give it a watch. After a few minutes I was thinking "hmmm this director has used ALL the angles they learned at college." 15minutes later I gathered they was going for a "One shot" movie but holy S#%t the cuts and use of drone/cgi was extremely gratuitous.
So it's a John Wick or Hardcore-esque action flick with some virus nonsense side plot, however you see from the very first fight the main character is involved in that he is NEVER in danger, The opening fight scene is "Carter" naked fighting circa 30-60 gangsters with bladed weapons and not a single cut on him, additionally they had him down as a CIA agent and I think they got CIA agent mixed up with like the elite of the elite soldiers. The other CIA agents that have clear shots at him from 10meters away miss wildly and so I can only guess they didn't get the same training.
I tried to soldier on through with the movie, accepting that this is the style they are going for and the hero is godlike but there was nothing to enjoy from the movie so I ended up having to turn it off.
The editing is in the fashion of a one shot but changes angles so often it almost feels like "Taken" or "Bourne Identity" levels of incoherence.
So it's a John Wick or Hardcore-esque action flick with some virus nonsense side plot, however you see from the very first fight the main character is involved in that he is NEVER in danger, The opening fight scene is "Carter" naked fighting circa 30-60 gangsters with bladed weapons and not a single cut on him, additionally they had him down as a CIA agent and I think they got CIA agent mixed up with like the elite of the elite soldiers. The other CIA agents that have clear shots at him from 10meters away miss wildly and so I can only guess they didn't get the same training.
I tried to soldier on through with the movie, accepting that this is the style they are going for and the hero is godlike but there was nothing to enjoy from the movie so I ended up having to turn it off.
The editing is in the fashion of a one shot but changes angles so often it almost feels like "Taken" or "Bourne Identity" levels of incoherence.