Real (2017)
Jang Tae-Young is a popular trouble shooter in the criminal world. He is cold and ambitious. He dreams of building a casino hotel one day. A reporter then goes to Jang Tae-Young.
- Lee Sa-rang
- Lee Jeong-sub
- Lee Sa-rang
Rating: 5.398/10 by 64 users
Alternative Title:
Ri-eol - US
Real - US
リアル：2017 - JP
Country:
South Korea
Language:
한국어/조선말
Runtime: 02 hour 17 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Plot Keyword: drug addiction, film noir, dissociative identity disorder
While the movie had multiple flaws in story flow and pace, I don't think Real was the flop material it turned out to be in the end. The story could've been handled much better and Kim Soo-hyun's performance was brilliant but even his acting was shadowed by the pretentious confusion the movie caused. It had good light use though, so the visuals deserve some praise. I can see what they aimed with a modern touch to the classic Korean Revenge Cinema genre but I'm afraid they failed. Still, as I said, I've seen worse movies that got weirdly praises for being below average and the way this film was slandered by the Korean audience is a bit interesting to me. I hope to see actor Kim in more daring roles after seeing how well he did in this one, but due to the failure of the movie itself I sadly believe he will ignores projects as such from now on.
