Review XXIII - Guns & Talks

Review XXIII
Guns & Talks (2001)

I tend to watch a lot of Korean films, but I watch ones that have actors I've seen somewhere before. Take for example Jang Jin's Killerdeului suda aka Guns & Talks. After I watched Won Bin's The Man from Nowhere, I really brought it upon myself to watch Guns & Talks. Then when I found out Shin Ha-kyun was also in the film, I reminded myself I had to watch it. However, I only recently watched it after many months because I procrastinate a lot when it comes to watching movies. Instead of doing an assignment, I took two hours and fifteen minutes to watch this film.

Ha-yun (Won Bin), his older brother, Sang-yun (Shin Hyun-jun), and his two friends, Jae-young (Jeong Jae-yeong and Jung-woo (Shin Ha-kyun) are a group of assassins. However, they're not your average hitmen - they always used contracts, someone helps them out with picking their weapons, and often question why someone should be killed. The film follows them through different jobs while two detectives try to pin them down.

It's a funny, cute film. It doesn't really bring out any thought provoking moments, but it gives you a good laugh, as well as some nice perspectives on love. I thought the film was a bit long considering it's just a film about assassins and their mishaps, not being suspenseful really, but it didn't in particularly drag either. I thought Jeong Jae-yeong's character wasn't developped enough, especially given the length, but the other characters were pretty well developped. I thought the acting was decent, nothing spectacular, but nothing I really can complain about, except maybe the "talks" in the title. Seems off to me... It was just overall a cute, dark comedy, and though it wasn't really special, I really enjoyed it.

I'd give the film a seven point eight on ten. It's a bit of a high rating, but I liked it a lot. Maybe I was in the right mood while watching it and that's why I loved it so, but I would still recommend it as a fun film to watch with friends. If you like guns and... talks, then check it out!

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Review XXII - Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins

Review XXII
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)

Although I enjoy super cheesy films, I don't seem to watch them often. I tend to avoid them in the theatres because spending fifteen bucks on a forgettable film isn't what I would call enjoyable, and when they finally come out on DVD, I forget about them. However, I remember before I started going out with my boyfriend and I was hanging out at his dad's house, he presented this eighties' action film on a VHS (whooah!), claiming it was awesome. We started watching it, but never finished it. Maybe a year or two later, I finally watched it again, and man, it was hilarious. I watched it again last night, and I decided I'd post a review about Guy Hamilton's Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins before I review anything else. Yay, eighties' cheese!

Meet Remo Williams (Fred Ward) - before he was Mr. Makin, a tough cop, but he's chosen to be part of a super secret government organization out to clean up the scum on the Earth. With the help of Conn MacCleary (J.A. Preston), Harold Smith (Wilford Brimley), Maj. Rayner Fleming (Kate Mulgrew), and Chiun (Joel Grey), a Korean Sinanju master, Remo Williams will hopefully succeed in his first mission - bringing down George Grove (Charles Cioffi) and his malfactured weapons being used for the United States Army.

I'd give the film seven stars on ten. If you like action films, and you like a good laugh, go for this film. It's cute, cheesy, and pretty lame, but it works. You can't go into a film like this expecting something more than what it delivers, so you're definitely satisfied. It does bother me a bit that they had a white man play Chiun, a Korean, but the make-up is deserving of its Oscar nomination. Check it out for a good laugh; it's worth it for the snickering construction worker!

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