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Information
- Year
- 2023
- Runtime
- 92 min.
- Director
- Chung-Hyun Lee
- Genres
- Action, Thriller
- Rating *
- 7.2
- Votes *
- 0
- Checks
- 122
- Favs
- 5
- Dislikes
- 0
- Favs/checks
- 4.1% (1:24)
- Favs/dislikes
- 5:0
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Siskoid
Korea's 2023 Ballerina is not the 2024 John Wick spin-off Ballerina, but I am (will be) there for BOTH! The action in Lee Chung-hyun's is as furious as any Wick flick, but a little grittier. The camera often gets slammed and the violence is more visceral. As for the world, it's closer to Atomic Blonde with its acidic colors and neon glows, but just as stylized. As for the story, Jun Jong-seo (from Burning, and director Lee's The Call) is a personal bodyguard who goes after the human trafficking a-hole responsible for her girl friend's death, attracting a lot of attention from gangsters after an initial failure. It's a pretty simple revenge story, one that succeeds largely on style, but leaves some things on the table as far as I'm concerned - elements introduced that work as images and moments, but don't exactly pay off. Still, great stylized action and environments, and a cool heroine who puts herself in jeopardy to achieve her ends and stick it to some truly repugnant bad guys. I'm more than satisfied. 6 months ago