Jo Jo

Typical apocalypse movie - neither too good nor too bad. Enjoyed it nonetheless.

If you're an action movie buff, you can't miss it. Bonus is - some highly complex science attributed facts and fictions based story accompanied by spy-cum-espionage thriller. The story is totally not new though -- hence, four stars (I won't give it away by telling which sci-fi movie it slightly resembles). Even so, a great feast to the eyes and maybe, for the minds alike; I was dreading how I'd spend some 2 hrs+ inside the theatre but the Washington and Pattinson duo successfully captures your attention through the entire hours! (Unlike Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham pair's boring screen sharing in Hobbs and Shaw).

Honestly, it's nothing more than just a noisy raa-taatttta-taaattttt shooting of gun from the beginning to the end. It's no story, no plots except that the obvious -- the Korean peninsula has turned into a zombie land due to a virus rampant throughout. A survivor gets out, and gets back (in a bid to scourge out million dollars hidden) , and then that's it. The rest is nothing. Zombie chasing or being chased. I do love those fiery gun shooting scenes in action movies but this one only rattled my head and it started aching horribly. Just dead men. Aimless alive men (and a few women). Dead story.

Song Ji-Hyo's brilliant performance --what do I say!!! She successfully gives you the "creepy" vibes and her cold stares freezes the silver screen, I say. The other supporting casts also performed well although I can't say the same about the child actress. I think there are many other Korean child artists who could have done a better job. The first half an hour was a little bit slow paced but enters Song Ji-Hyo and the plot moves faster forward, and grips your attention in her powerful clutch. The lead actor also does his part of a frustrated and embittered widower and father, well. Throughout the movie, he gains your sympathy. They should've shown some bits of how the psychopathic cult group is trailed and exposed. Instead, Kim Mu-yeol is shown , all of a sudden running to the forest as if he already knows where his daughter is taken to. He's done his "investigation" but he surely isn't aware of the whereabouts of the cult group. This was the pitfall of the movie. All in all, I enjoyed the movie and umm, would watch it again. Two times would do.