Noon-e-neun noon i-e-neun i (2008)

Noon-e-neun noon i-e-neun i: Directed by Kwon-tae Ahn, Kyung-taek Kwak. With Han Suk-kyu, Seung-Won Cha, Song Young-Chang, Byung-Joon Lee. The devious brain behind a heist draws a top police detective, on the eve of his retirement, into an elaborate plot of robbery and revenge.

“Eye For An Eye has a story so well trodden, you would be walking along a trench; a cop ready to retire who has to see the last job to the end, a devious new criminal gang appear toying with the cops and the established hoods who are well ingrained due to rife corruption in the system. All the makings of an entertaining yet familiar caper.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOne of the films two directors, Kwan Kyung Taek, is a big deal in South Korea. Massive success was achieved by his 2001 mega- blockbuster, Chingu, which still stands at number 19 on the all time box office receipts with over 8 million people splurging their money to see it. Kwan has never managed to match or even come close to the financial success . But I feel that his failings as a director are far worse. Chingu runs the gamut of tough upbringing gangsters, 2003u0026#39;s Mutt Boy seems to have forgotten what a plot is and replaced it with violence and Typhoon from 2005 is just plain daft. To put it bluntly the man is a poor director and perhaps the finest example of his flaws is Eye For An Eye. Kwan co-directs the second half f the film whilst Ahn Kwon Tae handles the second part. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eGiven a fantastic cast including the always interesting, usually fantastic Cha Seung Won and the versatile Han Suk Kyu and a plethora of Koreau0026#39;s finest supporting actors combined with an intriguing revenge plot should be a recipe for cinematic gold. However in the hands of the two directoru0026#39;s, they manage to create an erratic and extremely unbelievably performance from Han and develops no sympathy for Chau0026#39;s character. The direction of the action scenes are poor, the editing makes the film more confusing than it needs be and there is a real lack of character development which devalues the storyu0026#39;s twists and turns. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOf late, many films have received unnecessary remakes,but this film is crying out it. It would be great if the same cast could reconvene but with a competent director who can develop characters and build tension. Overall, a great idea on paper but the execution is incompetent.”