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Dokjeon 2 (2023)
Confusing..
They swapped actors for two of the main characters since the first film, I watched half of this one before realising it so don't make my mistake or you'll be totally lost! The woman who plays Mr Lee's daughter is like a cartoon, totally hammy acting. No huge twists like the first film, and total lack of tension. Not even sure who I'm rooting for by the end of the film. There's a scene where three of the main characters who are all enemies are discussing their final plan together, I couldn't explain what the hell was going on even if my life depended on it! If you enjoyed the first film - leave it there, give this one a miss.
Homunculus (2021)
Interesting but flawed.
Really interesting concept, a homeless guy is persuaded to undergo trepanation and it allows him to see other people's fears (or how they see themselves as flawed). Well executed to start with but the guy who plays the doctor is so hammy and overacts the entire film, and the scenes in the second half of the film go on too long for no reason, they just drag. I found myself shouting at the screen, "move along, hurry it up!"
K-Shop (2016)
Makes some good points but does so slowly
K-Shop makes some good points about lad (and ladette) culture and racial bigotry but the protagonist is just too moody to sympathise with and the film takes such a long time to say anything. A vague almost romance with a hotel manageress goes nowhere and the drug dealing subplot is underwritten and shoehorned in. Had potential.. never reaches it though. Oh and also features some nasty body dismemberment porn! Not quite sure if this was a slasher horror, a thriller or a social commentary. Might have been all three but wasn't good at any one of them.
Disturbing the Peace (2020)
What has happened to Guy Pearce's career?!
Guy Pearce's character won't carry a gun since accidentally shooting his partner 10 years ago, he wrestles a shotgun off a baddy, throws it in the dumpster afterwards.. then goes straight home and grabs his old pistol! Bad script, badly choreographed fight scenes, bad acting, silly story. Worse than most made for tv movies.