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Blu-ray Review: “Assassination” Is A Magnificent Adventure

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While Korea is occupied by the Japanese Army in 1933, the resistance plans to kill the Japanese Commander. But their plan is threatened by a traitor within their group and the enemy forces that are hunting them down.

It takes a long time to see the achievements of revolutionary movements and it is well known that the winner is the one who writes the story. In this case, director Choi Dong-hoon tells, in detail, the story about the Korean liberation from the Japanese invasion. Masked with a very elaborate entanglement, the story starts by submerging the audience into the Seoul (no pun intended) of 1911, as Japanese forces are handing around rights to exploit Korean land. A woman trying to escape and secure the life of her twin daughters from her corrupted husband gets killed and the two girls get separated.

The entire setting appears to be a big mixture of genres that goes from western to martial arts, where you see bandits, businessmen, explosions and a lot of action. The plot´s rhythm starts out very slow and it can reach high levels of boredom, but waiting is rewarded. And after a twenty two year ellipsis and some character presentation, we get some clues for the unveiling of the story.

We find ourselves now in 1933, the need to secure peace in Asia justified the war, that is at least what the Japanese used as an excuse. The story is threaded together so magnificently that the spectator is able to see both sides of the korean conflict. One of the sisters became a posh, obedient and passive individual about to get married out of convenience to a japanese officer and the other, a korean independence sniper. Ji-hyun Jun does an amazing job playing both of the sisters. The rest of the cast is a perfect selection, Jung-jae Lee playing Yeom Seok-jin, lost more than 33 pounds to get in the perfect shape for his stoic role.

At times the viewer might feel confused by the unraveling of the plot or get lost with the Korean sense of humor but ultimately, “Assassination” is a story of revenge served in the old style, patient, merciless and cold. Filled with orchestrated shooting and fighting sequences and a jaw-dropping script, this story of the Japanese surrender in 1945 is definitely worth watching for both for history buffs and action fans.

Available on Blu-ray, DVD & Digital HD Tuesday, December 1st

 
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