Myung-se Lee may dream of one day being the Korean John Woo, but he has a long way to go.
This was a good film, but it it not in Woo's class. The action was in short bursts, with most of the time spent in routine police procedure. Well, I say "routine" as Detective Woo (Joong-Hoon Park) is anything but routine. I don't know why they would give Miranda warnings in Korea, but he certainly throws out any other procedures that we take for granted in an obsessive hunt for a drug dealer. I just wish we had him going after Osama bin Laden.
The hunt takes almost three months and his partner Kim (Dong-Kun Jang) doesn't fare well in the venture. I did find it very interesting that Woo instigated a snowball fight with Kim to take his mind off a shooting. Having been in the trenches dealing with scum, I know that sometimes you have to do those things to heal.
One kudo I give the film is the cinematography and music. I was really impressed with the way the leaves, the snow, and the rain, as well as color was used to set the mood.
I'll look for more by Myung-se Lee to see if he gets better.
This was a good film, but it it not in Woo's class. The action was in short bursts, with most of the time spent in routine police procedure. Well, I say "routine" as Detective Woo (Joong-Hoon Park) is anything but routine. I don't know why they would give Miranda warnings in Korea, but he certainly throws out any other procedures that we take for granted in an obsessive hunt for a drug dealer. I just wish we had him going after Osama bin Laden.
The hunt takes almost three months and his partner Kim (Dong-Kun Jang) doesn't fare well in the venture. I did find it very interesting that Woo instigated a snowball fight with Kim to take his mind off a shooting. Having been in the trenches dealing with scum, I know that sometimes you have to do those things to heal.
One kudo I give the film is the cinematography and music. I was really impressed with the way the leaves, the snow, and the rain, as well as color was used to set the mood.
I'll look for more by Myung-se Lee to see if he gets better.