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The Con Artists

Original title: Ki-sool-ja-deul
  • 20142014
  • 1h 57m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
1.6K
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Kim Woo-bin in The Con Artists (2014)
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An expert safe-cracker has 40 minutes to steal slush funds hidden inside a customs building.An expert safe-cracker has 40 minutes to steal slush funds hidden inside a customs building.An expert safe-cracker has 40 minutes to steal slush funds hidden inside a customs building.
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
1.6K
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    • Hongsun Kim
    • Hongsun Kim
    • Yang-Joong Kim
  • Stars
    • Kim Woo-bin
    • Yeong-cheol Kim
    • Chang-Seok Ko
    • Hongsun Kim
    • Hongsun Kim
    • Yang-Joong Kim
  • Stars
    • Kim Woo-bin
    • Yeong-cheol Kim
    • Chang-Seok Ko
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    • 3User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
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    Kim Woo-bin
    Kim Woo-bin
    • Ji-Hyuk
    Yeong-cheol Kim
    Yeong-cheol Kim
    • Jo Sa-Jang
    Chang-Seok Ko
    Chang-Seok Ko
    • Gu-In
    Hyun-Woo Lee
    Hyun-Woo Lee
    • Jong-Bae
    Yun-hie Jo
    Yun-hie Jo
    • Eun-ha
    • (as Yoon-Hee Cho)
    Aiham AlSubaihi
    Aiham AlSubaihi
    • Museum Clerk
    • (as Ayham Alsubaihi)
    Ji-Geon Jang
    • Sweatsuit 3
    Seung-Hyeon Ji
    Seung-Hyeon Ji
    • Detective #1
    Dal-hwan Jo
    • Teol-Bo
    Kim Joo-hun
    Kim Joo-hun
    • Suit #3
    Ju-hwan Lim
    Ju-hwan Lim
    • Ji Sil-Jang
    Shin Seung-hwan
    Shin Seung-hwan
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      • Hongsun Kim
      • Yang-Joong Kim
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    6/10
    An almost-engaging heist flick that overpromises and underdelivers
    If one were to say that there are one too many heist films, hardly anyone would disagree. But "one too many" is hardly a deterrent and, rightly so, it shouldn't be. The "how" of a piece can lift the most generic, trope-ridden, cookie-cutout film, book, play or what have you.

    The Technicians, although boastful of the tropes of the genre, is not one such film.

    Even if this were the very first of such movies you've encountered, it would hardly take your breath away. It may leave you in confusion at the unsatisfactory feeling playing in your mind but apart from that, it serves nothing more. Translation: if you watch it, it's all right; if you don't, it's all right.

    Admittedly, the movie packs twists and turns but not enough to fully distract the audience from the dastardly surface and unequal development of its characters. 3/4 way, the writer seemed to have remembered to finally make known to the audience some glimmer of motivation for the lead Ji-Hyuk. Before this, we are expected to be invested in a character solely for his debonair ways and unfaltering bravery.

    The sacrifice of character development, interaction and audience investment for the sake of a weaving plot leaves The Technicians desperately wanting for some depth.

    This is not to say that the piece lacks its moments --there are many well-executed and beautifully shot sequences that may have resonated more had I been remotely invested in the fate of these characters.

    Many will be watching this for Hallyu star Kim Woo-Bin, and if that's your sole motivation, by all means, this movie may satisfy.

    A movie of wasted potential, a cast that tries to give life to one-dimensional characters (and barely succeeds) and a denouement that rushes in, surprising no one.
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    • Apr 17, 2015

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      • January 9, 2015 (United States)
      • South Korea
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      • Trinity Entertainment
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    • 1 hour 57 minutes
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