Shiri: Amazing New Korean Film
Well it's not exactly new, but it's new on DVD. Thanks to Columbia-Tristar, who have been bringing over a lot of foreign films lately, we get to see this brilliant Korean action film. This is only the second Korean film I have seen (Bichunmoo being the first) and so far I am impressed.
The basic premise is the conflict between the North and the South and a group of special military from the North attempting to start a war by taking out the leaders of both countries when they meet at a soccer game between the two countries.
The heros are two special agents of South Korea who have been tracking one of the group's members, Hee, for some time. She's the woman that's on the cover of the DVD. She's a skilled sniper.
The film is violent and beautiful--something Hollywood still hasn't been able to accomplish. The film is very powerful and interesting, with an interesting plot and good cinematography. It's amazing how Asian films are able to use violence as a backdrop for producing really well-developed characters that the viewer can get attached too. This where I think Hollywood fails a lot of times. If it's an action movie, it's void of good characters. This film has both.
I highly recommend this film. It has a nice twist to it and I rented it from Blockbuster, so it may be available in your areas as well. The DVD has both English and Korean languages and has an excellent quality, widescree picture and good sound quality (though I can't test it for Digital sound).
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