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Illrang: The Wolf Brigade well as I was looking imdb for photos I have seen that this film is directed by Kim Jee Won and am kind of shocked. Ok I saw this on Netflix and of course I was going to give it a go because it looked good, starred actors I liked and is South Korean. It kind of reminded me of Jin Roh: the Wolf Brigade but I only remember the red eyes from that one. Anyway I started to watch it and quickly realised that it is a miss on almost all counts except action scenes which were really really good and kind of wasted on this film. KDW and HHJ are two great looking people but the cinematography showed them with oily skin and JWS is one handsome dude but is made up having bad skin - the make up artist did a good job-. The story is a dystopia that could have been wonderful and there is a love story of sorts (a theme KJW liked, platonically loving a woman and this makes your life complicated) and twists and turns but the antagonist is acted by someone who constantly over acted (Kim Mu Yeol) and that kind of put everything off. The two pretty leads who actually can act very very well are misdirected and shot to look awful (both acting and looks) and the costumes were so bad that these two looked ridiculous.
Anyway it is possible to enjoy this film just by watching the two main action scenes 1- Namsan Tower with guns and martial arts combo followed by car chase of sorts, 2- Trap in the tunnel action with lots and lots and lots of gun fights. Other than these two you can skip it without problems
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