Film: Time to Hunt
Starring: Lee Je-hoon, Ahn Jae-hong, Choi Woo-shik, Park Jeong-min, Park Hae-soo
Director: Yoon Sung-hyun
Rating: ***1/2
Reviewer: George Sylex
Overview - 'Time to Hunt' by Sung-hyun has at long last released on the Netflix. The film stars Lee Je-hoon, Ahn Jae-hong, Choi Woo-shik, Park Jung-min, and Park Hae-soo. The film is a splendidly executed action crime thriller that makes place in tragic Korea. It premises a gathering of novice thieves that loots a gambling club constrained by a horde. The contention starts when the personality of the looters was found and inevitably prompts a feline and-mouse pursue.
Review - 'Time to Hunt' recounts to the gripping story of Joon-seok (Lee Je-hoon) who has quite recently been out from jail. He came back to his life which is presently not, at this point the equivalent. South Korea is very nearly breakdown. Numerous organizations left business and made the estimation of the Won money plunge. This reality made Joon-seok need to think hard to understand his fantasy about purchasing a house by the sea-shore and beginning another life. Helped by three companions, Jang-ho (Ahn Jae-hong), Gi-hoon (Choi Woo-shik), and Sang-soo (Park Jung-min), the four men attempt to take cash in unlawful betting foundations. They see very well that the progression is a major hazard. In any case, amidst a troublesome financial circumstances, plundering is the main way.
This two-hour long film started to feel energizing when entering the area of robbery. Beforehand, Time to Hunt just introduced a to some degree tangled opening that was too long. Dark tone that overwhelms the film makes the impression of watching it progressively tense. Particularly observing Choi Woo-shik and his friends look so persuading as phony crooks. But it was not the theft that turned into the main reason for this film. Yoon Sung-hyun seemed to help the crowd to remember the title of the film, Time to Hunt, by bringing the character of Han (Park Hae-soo) as a hunter. After the robbery at the betting center, Han follows the group of four any place they go. A progression of tense turns offers Time to Hunt relentlessly, without permitting the crowd to take even a couple of full breaths. These twists were joined by exciting scenes of impact and gunfire, a basic part of action films.
Yoon's screenplay beginnings alright, completely setting up these characters in a situation where the heist isn't the essential push. To be sure, while it goes rapidly through the plots of heist planning — from a weapon determination montage to the dreams of tropical islands — it's reviving to see a genre flick that at least thinks a little about its humans.Yet, it also does basically nothing with the tragic setting. There's some advanced iconography during the first sequences to build up the future, and some later fights set the film against a foundation of common agitation.
However, this film isn't just about battles and frolics. Time to Hunt likewise presents a sweet manly relationship story. The responsibility between Joon-seok, Jang-ho, Gi-hoon, and Sang-soo to care for one another, is unmistakably outlined by Yoon Sung-hyun. Make them look more like a boy band than a lot of hoodlums. Their individual lives with their families additionally cause this film to feel humanistic. The characters and setting of the story are very mind-boggling, giving more space to re-unload it in the second Time to Hunt.
It's an actually wonderful action film, however, with Lim Won-geun's red filter photography brimming with exclusively immaculate shots. This more than anything gives Yoon's film the feeling that it's not part of our contemporary world and makes for a striking difference against the quieted grays and blues of the city. There's a couple of different twists as well, including a sequence including fireworks, that talk more to the craft of the piece than the plot-driven development.
Final Verdict - 'Time to Hunt' makes a strong watch. The holding suspense, the crude fight scenes and the sheer feelings pack bounty in its punch that makes certain to leave the crowd unsteady.
