Review of Hwayi: A Monster Boy

More violent than average this is a unusual story with an initially involving premise. A kidnapped boy raised by mentally off gangsters. There is some confusion most viewers will feel. It would have been better if the story was explained from the beginning. But there is an emotional element about the boy and who he is trying to protect. Better if the plot had been kept simpler. The shootout is quite clever getting 2 birds with one stone. But it would have been nice if he could have saved someone. Yeo Jin Goo acts well - he is better than the story deserves. In such a movie a feel good ending would have been better.