Handsomely crafted and executed with skillful action sequences, Operation Chromite tells the parallel stories of General Douglas MacArthur’s titular mission, designed to cut off North Korea’s supply line to the South and the formation of South Korean’s X-Ray intelligence unit. Condensing what could have made for a mini-series into a 110 minutes, the film hints at what could have been: further relationships between the X-Ray unit and their estranged families torn apart by an enemy within. Emotional beats, although present (and occasionally on-the-nose), largely take a backseat to the strategy of winning and some longing for a unified home.
Being a Korean production, director John H. Lee provides homegrown stars more screen time than Liam Neeson’s MacArthur, who gives tactical support, directing Un forces to the high seas to take back Incheon in September 1950. Faced with a choice of doubling down on what he views as a...
Being a Korean production, director John H. Lee provides homegrown stars more screen time than Liam Neeson’s MacArthur, who gives tactical support, directing Un forces to the high seas to take back Incheon in September 1950. Faced with a choice of doubling down on what he views as a...
- 8/12/2016
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
Exclusive: Korea’s Lotte Entertainment has picked up Meet The In-laws 2 (working title), directed by Kim Jin-young.
Kim directed the first Meet The In-laws, which in 2011 clocked up 2.5 million admissions locally.
In the sequel, Chul-soo, the only son of a notorious crime family, studies for the police force exam in order to marry Young-hee, who is a detective and the daughter of a cop.
His parents, of course, try mightily to sabotage his wedding and his future as a cop. But when Young-hee and her family are ordered to investigate a series of murders, Chul-soo helps out by borrowing from his parents’ expertise in crime.
Jin Se-yeon from TV’s Doctor Stranger and Bridal Mask stars with Hong Jong-hyun from TV’s We Got Married.
The film is set for release April 30.
Lotte’s Filmart slate also includes Min Kyu-dong’s period drama The Treacherous, Lee Hae-young’s mystery thriller The Silenced, Chun Sung-il...
Kim directed the first Meet The In-laws, which in 2011 clocked up 2.5 million admissions locally.
In the sequel, Chul-soo, the only son of a notorious crime family, studies for the police force exam in order to marry Young-hee, who is a detective and the daughter of a cop.
His parents, of course, try mightily to sabotage his wedding and his future as a cop. But when Young-hee and her family are ordered to investigate a series of murders, Chul-soo helps out by borrowing from his parents’ expertise in crime.
Jin Se-yeon from TV’s Doctor Stranger and Bridal Mask stars with Hong Jong-hyun from TV’s We Got Married.
The film is set for release April 30.
Lotte’s Filmart slate also includes Min Kyu-dong’s period drama The Treacherous, Lee Hae-young’s mystery thriller The Silenced, Chun Sung-il...
- 3/23/2015
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
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