Seoul-ui bom
2023
South Korea
12.12: The Day
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Comments: The "True Events" angle does the heavy lifting. Without it this would be a sloppy exercise in powerful and power hungry men barking at one another for two and a half hours. It's messy, very talk-y, and quite unbelievable in its execution of many details. Still a barn-burner, due almost entirely to Hwang Jung-min. He brings a delightful gay energy to the military commander responsible for orchestrating the coup. Will make your palms sweat
Koreans can't resist turning even something like this into a fucking melodrama in the end, which, although you can't blame them because it is their money maker, is disappointing. As is the stupidest trope in standoff film making where one side comes to kill the other, has guns pointed at them but instead of following through with it decides to talk for a while until something can change the desired outcome. I hate when that happens I wanted more of Lee Tae-shin's wife. She's adorable Summary: Following the assassination of President Park in 1979, various military factions wrestle for control during a violent coup in this tense South Korean period action drama. |
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