Movie No. 114 (2013): THE UNJUST
The Unjust (2010)
Director: Seung-wan Ryoo
Cast: Jeong-Min Hwang, Seung-Beom Ryu, Hae-Jin Yu
In Korean, with English subtitles
The film centers on the solving of the case involving a series of murders targeting children. It begins with a news about the Korean President becoming directly involved (and pressing the police) to solve the case. The impatiently eager cops respond but shot to death a suspect. In what looks like a silent panic, the police targets any likely suspect to close the case. This is where the dirty work sets in. And the entire two hours of the movie's running time will show mostly schemes, shifting alliances, blackmails and some levels of betrayal involving the prosecution team and the people assigned to do the dirty work.
Director: Seung-wan Ryoo
Cast: Jeong-Min Hwang, Seung-Beom Ryu, Hae-Jin Yu
In Korean, with English subtitles
The film centers on the solving of the case involving a series of murders targeting children. It begins with a news about the Korean President becoming directly involved (and pressing the police) to solve the case. The impatiently eager cops respond but shot to death a suspect. In what looks like a silent panic, the police targets any likely suspect to close the case. This is where the dirty work sets in. And the entire two hours of the movie's running time will show mostly schemes, shifting alliances, blackmails and some levels of betrayal involving the prosecution team and the people assigned to do the dirty work.
The movie is of the crime-thriller genre. Most of the best Korean films (of this genre) that I've seen have almost-original plots and shocking twists. This is not one of them. There's nothing special about the script and narrative style. I didn't feel the involvement of the President. The supervisors were overacting (I mean, the actors who played them). There were unnecessary displays of violence. To some level, I was entertained. But it just didn't work (for me).
Rating: 2.0/4.0
Date seen: May 12, 2013
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