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Kind of "Leon: The Professional" meets "Bourne"

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Jon L

In Reply to: RE: "The Man From Nowhere:" Korean action-fest of flying fists, knives, and general mayhem as a young pawnbroker posted by tinear on December 04, 2012 at 08:07:10

One could certainly do much worse than this movie, but a little less abrupt character uh, "developments" and a little more story-telling to convince how someone goes from A to B would have gone a long way to make this movie truly special IMO.

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I've noticed Korean action films tend to speed up the narrative; it is very hard to follow the first time you - tinear 15:20:40 12/04/12 (0)
see a film, but I think it's made for guys who see it two or three times for the action scenes and are kept amused by trying to figure out the plot along the way.
It certainly makes that revenge film starring Liam Neeson that did so well seem like it was from horse-and-buggy years. Koreans (and Japanese, Chinese, Thai) certainly have action figured out. I think it's because they make so many B films; like the old Westerns in Hollywood (and the crime films, later) served as talent incubators. Practice makes perfect. Compare that to our directors who typically make the jump from 1 minute commercial spots.

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