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There were moments of hilarity to make a break in the abject horror. "Hammy?" What

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In Reply to: RE: It was too hammy and slapstick for my liking (nt) posted by Doug Flynn on April 06, 2011 at 00:06:55

parts or acting? The lead characters were, imo, the opposite of it.

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There were more hammy cliched performances than in a Jackie Chan movie (nt) - Doug Flynn 16:07:48 04/06/11 (1)
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- No. Light moments to provide relief, yes. They were country bumpkins and so - tinear 19:03:42 04/07/11 (0)
  they were played. You think American police don't rough up suspects?
  The key players were very good. The chief detective, the on-loan detective from Seoul, the suspect--- all perfectly played. And the direction? Magnificent master class in tension-building w/out resorting to hackneyed techniques, ultra-violence. SPOILER
  Most importantly, no super cop bullshit to solve the case, possibly a first in the genre. The ending was unexpected and brilliant.
  Jackie Chan? I saw no wonder-cops whippin' up on dozens of extras or anything of the kind. I did see a cop with serious problems, a guy who was depicted as a fuck-up, who regularly beat and mistreated suspects to elicit a confession. Perhaps you have a problem with Koreans using martial arts, in general.

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