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What an absolute masterpiece. Brilliant creative genius. No words can describe it. All Dharma Realms = Mind = All beings. Grandpa is the traditional value and hierarchy. It's judgmental and impossible to please. Daughter is rebellion against the hierarchy and find liberation in emptiness/nihilism. Father is trying to please everyone, suppress himself to take care others first as a way to cope. Mother realized the middle way. Letting go and embrace are the same thing. Suffering and happiness are the same. Everything and everywhere, we are all in it together.

The cast are good. The setup is interesting. However I cannot stop feeling that there is something missing in this movie. It lacks couple things that would make the audience believe in the story. The main problem, I believe, is the characters lack depth. The constant flashbacks waste a lot of time telling the same story three times. Therefore, although the movie is fairly long, there are not enough scenes for each character to develop and show us their personalities. The setting is also unbelievable as well. A bunch of Koreans in Netherland, especially one working as a cop and one working as an assassin, does this feel like a credible story?

The movie is somewhat entertaining, the actors and actress did a good job, the cinematography is pleasing but I just feel disappointed that all these good effort did not add up to a good movie.