The North Koreans have trained a super assassin – who has caused heartache for the South Koreans. It has been 2-years since her last hit – and once talks of reconciliation of the two countries begin – she’s suddenly back to killing. There’s also a big evil plot unfolding from a rogue North Korean General who appears to be constantly one step ahead of them – are the two things related? – it’s up to a couple of field agents to find out.
This is your standard big budget style Hollywood action film – yet made in South Korea – which is kind of impressive – but given the thriving film industry of South Korea – it’s not thoroughly surprising. Considering I felt it was a pretty standard action film – there’s the typical stuff to enjoy – like action and esplody things. It being a standard action film – there were things that I just didn’t care for – such as convoluted plot twists and jumpy camera movements and the dreaded comic relief character (who wasn’t as pronounced and annoying – but still – blech).
I thought Min-sik Choi as the main villain was excellent (American audiences will know him from ‘cult’ film Oldboy) – I would like to see him get more notoriety here in the US as he’s hell of an interesting actor – he can really carry a film.
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