Jjakpae
Directed by:
Seung-wan RyooScreenplay:
Seung-wan RyooCinematography:
Yeong-cheol KimComposer:
Jun-suk BangCast:
Seung-wan Ryoo, Doo-hong Jeong, Beom-soo Lee, Seo-hyung Kim, Kkobbi Kim, Joo-wan Ohn, Byung-ok Kim, Duk-hyun Cho, Dong-yeong Kim, Si-hoo Kim, Kil-kang An (more)Plots(1)
The year is 2005. Tae-su, a detective fighting organized crime, returns to his hometown for his high school friend Wang-jae's funeral. At the funeral, he meets with his old friends Pil-ho, Dong-hwan and Seok-hwan and recollects their past. Tae-su and Seok-hwan suspects something fishy about Wang-jae's death and starts to investigate it each in his own way. The more they find out, the more they realize that Wang-jae's death is connected to a land development project that Pil-ho is directing and the two embark on a difficult battle. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Reviews (1)
Perfect music with a western feel, solid brawling, and a peculiar atmosphere that has something to it. I'm not completely enamored with it, but there were moments where I didn't find anything lacking. Maybe the filmmakers could have focused a bit more on the story and spiced up that desire for revenge with something. The action was good, but it there was a bit too much of it. The last few minutes in particular are unbelievably action packed. 3.5 stars.
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