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a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

The first and last 15 minutes of this movie are really engaging visually and vitalize your interest in the story. The problem lies with the middle of the movie where little is presented to keep with the pace of the action. The movie tries too hard to capture a tone of being constantly "bad-ass", and with this loss of cohesion surrounding the plot the film breaks apart in the 2nd act. I got bored amidst the slo-mo and camera effects, they were used too much in which they lost their emphasis after a while. Also it's difficult to understand the progression of the characters, not always clear what they're doing or why. It's a standard Heroic Bloodshed flick except the cinematographer is on ecstasy and the scriptwriter is on speed. There's an imbalance between the visuals and material. Regardless it's a very interesting crime film to watch, and if your a big fan of the Matrix you can check out where the Wachowski bros took some of their inspiration from. Other than that, there's not much here for moviegoers outside the incredibly specific niche of Asian crime dramas. -5/10

This film is not an obvious one for everyone. To quote the main star "You don't think this is your normal cops & robber film do you?". The story follows primarily the chase between a clever and elusive gangster, charged with murder, and a very unorthodox detective.The setting is South Korea, home of the best cinema in the world this decade, and the race is taken against a backdrop of mixed directorial styles such that it overtakes the story, although this is no bad thing. The direction blends together styles that Tarantino I'm sure would be jealous of, as it puts his effort in the same vein (kill bill) to shame.This shouldn't be though to forget the acting with the lead role of Detectie Woo being a great charismatic character even with all his faults.If you want to watch a strong movie with style and originality. Then this is it. Engaging and interesting, and very very modern, will be a seminal movie for the genre in years to come.

Here it is, the much-overlooked film of which the Wachowski Brothers' cultic sci-fi trilogy 'The Matrix' is the remake. In the trilogy's' final installment, the messiah figure, Neo, does battle with the bad-boy sentiments that have imprisoned most of humanity in a world of cyber unreality via a massive computer program known as The Matrix. Watch this film and tell me if it doesn't sound familiar.The Wachowski brothers, perhaps, could have (shamelessly!) ripped-off this film with a little more style; I find it ashame that so many have come to ignore it's Korean origins. Say, why not let's introduce an alien ET culture who is really the master culture enslaving the machine culture by some similar hallucinatory ruse. Or, have the humans escape by transcending their bodies, as in all the traditional gnostic spiritualities? The possibilities are without end, yet the Wachowski Brothers choose to plagarize without deviating from the Myung-se Lee's original vision.It goes without saying that the special effects in this film are supior to those found in the Matrix movies (Neo's Trio, as there sometimes referred to as) - given the high-standards set forth by Korean CGI artists, we would expect nothing less - and what we don't get from 'Revolutions' - we do get from NOWHERE TO HIDE - that little something extra in the shape of intelligence and sophistication that makes it more than just the bland, over-produced, assembly-line products which films like the MATRIX have come to typify - and which 'Revolutions' blatantly is. Even the turgid determination of Keanu Reeves can't convince us that there is anything hidden under all those cool gadgets and explosions that can't be traced back to this little gem out of S.Korea.

The entire first half of this film seems to be far too over produced. Edits are fast and out of place, stylish cuts are made and leaps from black and white to colour, from moving to stills. It's just all too much, without enough content. The characters are given a light glossing over and there's no depth to them, you don't care for anyone, and indeed end up hating everyone, except for a slight liking for the bad guy who at least looks cool. Much of the film tries to leap between serious and comic for no apparent reason. One moment a fight scene will be moody and cool, the next there's a waltz and the characters are dancing. This just seems to be an exercise in creating an MTV film…cool and shallow, and it fails on the first point. I almost switched off during this, and I have to say I hardly ever do that, I can always find something good in a movie…not this one.