Kathy Bates made audiences cringe with her portrayal of a fanatic woman gone mad. In later years, the formula was revisited to provide commentary and critique on obsessive behaviors. In "Save The Green Planet" the fanaticism centers around someone obsessed with UFOs and aliens, but the formula basically remains the same, though there are a few absurd twists to make it palatable to people who thrive on absurdity.
The acting is adequate, the production is slick and the mood is consistently stifling and dark. The requisite torture scenes are there as well as the brilliant sleuths who turn into bumbling idiots at convenient moments. Most of the plot is okay if not formulaic, but it's been done before and better. Lee Byeong-gu and Kang Man-shik both do great jobs and, for me, they're about the only things that save this movie from mediocrity.
I'd easily recommend this flick as it doesn't disappoint, but it's not entirely brilliant either. In fact, it's quite the opposite, yet it still manages to retain some desperate, silly charm. At moments it feels derivative--almost like a collection of movies were thrown into a permutation machine to produce this outcome--but over-analysis aside, it's mildly entertaining.
The acting is adequate, the production is slick and the mood is consistently stifling and dark. The requisite torture scenes are there as well as the brilliant sleuths who turn into bumbling idiots at convenient moments. Most of the plot is okay if not formulaic, but it's been done before and better. Lee Byeong-gu and Kang Man-shik both do great jobs and, for me, they're about the only things that save this movie from mediocrity.
I'd easily recommend this flick as it doesn't disappoint, but it's not entirely brilliant either. In fact, it's quite the opposite, yet it still manages to retain some desperate, silly charm. At moments it feels derivative--almost like a collection of movies were thrown into a permutation machine to produce this outcome--but over-analysis aside, it's mildly entertaining.