Killerdeului suda

The story is there. It's all summed-up in the movie's headline. It's a group of assassins who; after a hit; have decided to talk-out their problems and deep-analyse their entire prospects and lifestyle and love.

Except they're not as good as this as they are shooting. The opening hit is brilliant; through the window is a lovely-executed John Woo-style slow-mo cam-shot which I really loved.

The rest of the narrative is about leading up to the big hit and their purpose in life. It appears that hitmen do have a conscious even though it appears to be "arrested in development".

They attend a big Hamlet theatre play along with South Korean high-society. It's a very technical play and they have to do something truly special to get the attention of the police who really respects them at another level after the stunt.

It's got some wonderful moments in the movie but the dialogue is very heavy and sometimes too drawn-out. It could be a bit more focussed on how they became hitman and a comedic sketch on their training would be a nice adaption.

The ending is fun and humorous but the middle is a bit too long-handed for me. Three's some excellent filming techniques and it's aged pretty well. It's way before the golden era of Korean new wave and before Oldboy so refreshing to see how far Korean cinema has come since this.

It's a nice movie and another excellent addition on the aspiring Third Windows' films' label.

Enjoyable but if you want all out action it's probably not for you.