Before i take on the much overdue, yet daunting task of reviewing The House of Flying Dagger, Hero and Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (all in one post), allow me to continue the sequence of asian movie bashing. :D
(i had a professor in college who once wrote in my paper "why write about something you didn't like?")
2009 Lost Memories is not a bad movie... it's downright terrible. i'll spare you the storyline since you can google it. the only redeeming part of the movie is the opening act, when it catches the viewers attention by delivering an action-packed shootout sequence reminiscent of a good Rambo/Lethal Weapon scene: no matter how many rounds of ammo the bad guys pump, they'll never hit the hero. the movie goes downhill from there with convoluted scenes and concludes with some bizarre paranormal activities, like time travel. some critics have called 2009 an "invigorating sci-fi film," i call it absurdity at its finest.
2009 Lost Memories had potential to be a great movie, especially with ideas such as nationalism and identity. however, those elements were never expanded in the film. instead, it succumbed to sensational action scenes and far-fetched plots. 2009 was a complete let down. perhaps babibleu described it best in 2 words: "stupid movie."
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I have to agree with Robert that this film could have been a lot better. On the positive side though, the production of this film is quite good for a korean film. As Robert mention, the opening sequence was pretty good. I did like the film for its simple action, story could have been better. In this film though, it seems like Jang dong gun could become the next chow yun fat of asia (there's some resembelence in style, check out other Jang dong gun films - Ching gu (aka friend)).
This film didn't do to well in Korea, it was a high budget film, I'm not sure if it's because of the story and action, or the fact that film had so much Japanese related activities that turned off the koreans. (It seems like 50% of the script is in Japanese). This title did make it over to the U.S. A.D Vision (Known for picking up anime licenses) picked it up last year and is now distributing it....
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