Advantages: An engaging story, especially if you like blood and action. Sophisticated filming and edittng. Disadvantages: Violence, lacking empathy towards main character, too long.
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The story focuses on a successful young man called ‘Sun Woo’ (Lee Byung Hun), who is in charge of a high classed hotel in the middle of the Capital city of Seoul. Although successful, Sun Woo is not a happy chap and seems slightly lonely and self contained when facing the public. As part of the Mafia, his ‘Boss Jang’ (Kim Young Cheol) had a new job for Sun Woo. As the boss trusted him so much, he decided to give Sun Woo the mission to ... ...got to know Hee Siu a bit better, he finally discovers that the boss was right, she has been seeing another guy. One late night, Sun Woo bombarded her house, and attacked her younger lover. He finally got his gun and about to kill Hee Siu as instructed. However, his emotion has got the better of him and decided to let them go out of pity. On the condition that they two young lover will never see each other again.
Sun Woo’s kind but disobedient decision ...
Moogiekupo 04.06.2007
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Advantages: Excellent action film, fantastic acting Disadvantages: It is very very violent
Sun-woo works in a hotel, but he is not your average hotel employee. He is an enforcer - he sorts out all the problems that other staff aren't able to manage. His boss, Mr Kang, is very pleased with the work he does and thinks that he can rely on Sun-woo to do him a favour. Kang has a girlfriend who is much younger than he is and he suspects that she is seeing someone other than him. He asks Sun-woo to keep an eye on her while he is away on business. ... ...Hee-soo does have a male friend, but relations seem to be purely platonic. In fact, the more Sun-woo gets to know Hee-soo, the more he likes her. When he finds out she is cheating on Mr Kang, he is furious...but because of his feelings, decides to keep the matter from Mr Kang, provided that the young couple stop seeing each other. That is a big mistake. When Kang finds out, he forgets all the favours that Sun-woo has done for him in the past and ...
sunmeilan 13.08.2007
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Advantages: Great acting and a well thought out script Disadvantages: None
Kim Sun-Woo is a loyal enforcer and manager of a hotel for Kang. Kang suspects his mistress (Hee-Soo) is cheating on him and gives Sun-Woo the task of finding out if this happens to be true. Sun-Woo appears to be drawn to Hee-Soo's innocence.
Sun-Woo discovers Hee-Soo is cheating on Kang but instead of reporting this to Kang he agrees to spare them provided they do not see one another again. Unfortunately for Sun-Woo, Kang finds out.
I came to ... ...for the content, it is a deeper film than you will have come to expect from the action genre. It's not full of car chases and explosions. Yes there are hand-to-hand fight sequences and at least two shooting incidents but the plot itself takes centre stage. Whilst I've never been a fan of Lee Byung-Hun he delivers a fantastic performance as Sun-Woo. Well worth a look. ...
CloudRuler 16.08.2009
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