Man of Vendetta (2010)

This is a thrilling movie and I really liked it.
The story is well written, it is nothing new but it will grab your attention immediately. The emotions they acted out were raw and felt real. There is tension, actions and also blood. Some things were a bit unrealistic that bothered me sometimes but I just coudn't stop the movie, I wanted more.
The acting was amazing I was really impressed by the main lead, I loved the faces he made and I could feel the desperation.
There isn't much music at all, I wished that there was some music in some scenes so they could play with your emotions, a bit more of sad music would have liftend the movie up!
I would rewatch this movie if someone would ask me.

Watch this if you like kidnap movies, action and some gory/bloody scenes.
Skip this if you dislike gory and bloody movies.

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Dad, did you continue looking for me?

Fun fact, actress Kim So Hyun who played Hye Rin beat out 499 other aspiring actresses in a 5 round audition to secure this role. Ultimately she was called back and made her debut, this without any acting experience. And the rest is history. She was for me the best actress here.

Speaking of debut's, this is also the director's debut, and it certainly feels that way because this is not his genre. It tried to be different but failed miserably. Political slow burn like Director Woo Min Ho's later works were much better.

How easily can your faith and belief changed? To what lenght are you willing to do to save a love one? What happens when a crime is forgotten? This is answered in Man of vendetta, which honestly is a bad title to what it was trying to potray.

Story wasn't anything new and just so so, but there were lots of elements like guilt and religion but as the movie progresses it just disappeares for no apparent reason. Also recommend watching this blind, because the trailer's give away too much.

Uhm Ki Joon was amazing despite the lacking script, his villain role was chillingly good. As I said in the start, Him and So Hyun was the only one's that delivered a good performance here. It was a Reminiscent of Joo Dan Tae in the Penthouse series. The character Choi Byung Chul lacked believability in the psychopath role and showed no depth throughout that the actor saved it.

The script was so bad that Kim Hyung Min forgot to act. Joo Young Soo also had zero depth, unrootable, and was the same zzzzz character throughout.

The film would have benefited from a shorter time span, 2hrs was a nightmare. I get that it was trying to go for a different approach but tagging it as a thriller crime it failed miserably, could have passed as a melodrama.

Premise is unclear, it wanted to tackle disturbing topics, but didn't want to go deep, honestly frustrating.

The condition of Hye Rin was one of the only interesting things in the film, and So Hyun barely even got screentime. It was disappointing how it gave little to no focus to it but at least the acting of Sohyun gave clarity of the trauma the character has faced.

Another positive is the cinematography and music of the film. It was good and engaging that mafe us feel like we're living the characters lives. One of the few redeeming qualities.

Ending was also good, heart wrenching and emotional.

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Overall it's a average mystery thriller and not something you should watch right now as priority. If you want movies of this genre, the yellow sea, the man from nowhere, and the vengeance trilogy are better films to watch. If you're like me and are here for the cast then go ahead, it'll be torelable so it's fine.

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