Poo-reun so-geum

I did not know anything about Hindsight (Blue Salt) before I have read the press release for the US release. After watching the trailer, I knew that I must watch it soon.

Hindsight is the romantic story of an old gangster Doo-hyeon who wants to leave the life of crime behind him with a dream to open up an restaurant. He joins a cooking class to achieve his aim and there he meets up with sweet & young Se Bin. After some hints and tips exchange about Korean cuisine, romance sparks start to fly.

This unlikely romance between the old gangster and the young girl gets really interesting as this innocent girl turns out to be a top shooter assassin. Furthermore, Doo-hyeon's old partners hire Se Bin to keep an eye on him.

Their unspoken romance gets complicated as Se Bin's female friend jumps in the mix as well and I must say that I never understood the relationship between them (Singing at a karaoke bar with handcuffs?).

As for action it is pretty intense towards the end and I always fancy sniper scenes in action movies. I agree with the comment that the action scenes of this movie resembles Beyond Hypothermia. Besides Doo-hyeon handles himself well while fighting some bad guys too.

If you are expecting an all out action movie you might get disappointed as most of the scenes of Hindsight are not action scenes. But if you take this movie for what it is you can really enjoy it.

Hindsight (Blue Salt) Nothing groundbreaking but worth watching.

(2011) Hindsight/ Poo-reun so-geum (In South Korea with English subtitles) THRILLER/ CRIME DRAMA

Co-produced, co-written and directed by Hyun-seung Lee, that has a gangster, Man-gil dying and chanting Doo-heon's name out. Viewers are then introduced to Yoon Doo-heon (Song Kang-ho) in a cooking class, standing right beside him is another student, Se-bin (Shin Se-Kyung). Which at first, is nothing unusual until we see Se-bin taking pictures of Doo-heon, we find out she is working for gangsters either from the Haeundae Gang or the Hwaryong gang. Se-bin also lives with her best friend, Eun-jung (Som E) and is also a professional sharpshooter who owes gangsters $70,000 from a $10,000 loan. And by the time boss Man-gil dies, Se-bin is then given orders to execute Doo-heon at anyway possible. And of course, she does not want to as she already build a rapport with him as she knows he does not want o be a part of that gangster life anymore. And the gangsters then kidnap her best friend, Eun-jong with both Doo-heon his right hand man, Ae-gu (Jeong-myeong Cheon) and Se-bin are working together to get her back.

There's way too much drama moments the movie did not actually need, and although their is some action, not enough of it, despite the good ending.

Amazing story, acting and music i actually bought the dvd on amazon which shows how old i am, the lead actor is the Korean Al Pacino in my book please sit down and just watch it and its damn sure worth paying for.

This movie is so good actually, I thought it will be boring at first but I'm totally wrong, it's good. it might not be the best one but it's still good for me, kinda remind me of t-ara cry cry mv, shin se kyung's character here really remind me of ji yeon, i think that's what I like about this movie, this movie has the vibe of an old classic melodrama gangster movie, just like t-ara cry cry mv. and lastly chun jung myung really catch my eyes here, it's my first time seeing him in a movie and he's sooo cool and handsome

I had decent expectation for this movie and in the beginning of this movie it fit that expectation. But as the movie progresses it started to become a bit drawn out and the romance element didn't seem all that original. But it's a decent mix of romance between a female assassin and a retired gangster. The build up of the relationship gets a bit complicated and the reason that starts the spark, but it wasn't anything annoying. Kang Ho Song is really likable in this movie as the retired gangster and he is also badass without acting like those characters that try to act macho all the time. Him being likable was a major part in this movie because he falls for a girl way under his age. Some people might be against this, but his character is likable to the point it's alright and it's almost impossible to hate the his character. Being a gentle badass that is soft but fights back when he has to. Se-Kyeong Shin fit in this movie well as the female assassin but I could think of numerous actresses that could have pulled this role off as well. Overall it's a watchable movie that sort of feels like a drawn out Asian pop music video.

7/10.