Take Point

When Korea turns to be Hollywood. Not good for korean style fans ,Script and plot like we saw a lot in hollywood films. The production can compare with hollywood .They set the story, but leave the conclusion. Give 5 for production team

It's election day in the US in 2024, and the President is going to lose because of Korean policy missteps.CIA agent Jennifer Ehle has a plan to have Jung-Woo Ha disrupt peace talks between North and South Korea. This will give the President an excuse to destroy North Korea's nuclear arsenal and take over the nation, boosting his popularity. Then, however, the leader of North Korea is seen, and the mission evolves rapidly, again and again in an atmosphere of paranoia and realpolitik.

There's a real neo-noir edge to the movie. All the mercenaries are tired and want to go home, but they need one last score. The authorities are beyond corrupt; the plans break so rapidly in the face of events that there's no time to modify them, only react, and there are three directors of photography, each covering a different front with a moving camera, fit to drive the audience up the wall. Every time I thought the story was about to move ahead, something else would happen to reset my expectations of utter disaster. If you're looking for a dark thriller, this one certainly fits the bill.

I get it that Byung-woo Kim is a newbie writer and director, but this film has to be the worst camera work I have ever seen. Was a 95 year old with arthritis holding on to the camera? A 5 year old could've done a better job with a 1990's camcorder. I got dizzy and a migraine watching this film.

And then the ridiculous 2+ hours of dragged out and pointless scenes, that even with the decent pacing, felt like 3 hours. This story should have been a maximum of 20-30 mins. The dumb cliched scenes of drinking and constant smoking to look cool - during a mission. A 5th grader could've written a better screenplay. The story adapted from the novel by Sang-yeon Park was great, but sadly, it was poorly executed by the director with its many plot and technical issues.

Most of the dialogue was idiotic and illegible, especially from Jung-woo Ha. His English is terrible and I'd rather he spoke Korean with sub-titles throughout the entire film. None of the actors were convincing in their roles, except for maybe Agent Mackenzie and Dr. Yoon.

The only thing this film had going for it were the hi-tech sets, S/VFX, the constant action (of which most of it was was captured poorly by the director) and the (finally watchable and entertaining) last 10 minutes of the film.

So it's a generous 5/10 from me.

Jung-woo Ha's talent is wasted in this movie...and that somekinda shaky cam makes one dizzy...

OK, the plot itself is not that great. But this is a decent action/thriller movie worth watching. Apart from the first 20 minutes there's literally no time to catch a breath. Something happens all the time: betrayal, new obstacles to overcome, new enemies to fight, new conditions, new acquired & old friends to protect, etc. If you're a fan of action & thriller genre, I'd say don't miss this movie. The story here is just to torture the main characters even more... I's a classy movie in it's own way.

7/10