Was it because of greed or expectation? It is a embarrassing "lion".
The movie "The Lion" (director Kim Joo-hwan) will satisfy the audience who visited the theater with a buoyant expectation. 'Lion' is a form of pretending to have humor in Shinpa, fantasy, and occult.
"The Lion" depicts the story of the martial arts champion Yonghu (Park Seo-joon) meeting with the Guma priest Anshinbu (Ahn Sung-ki) and confronting the powerful evil (), which has left the world in turmoil. Director Kim Joo-hwan, who made the 'Youth Police', caught megaphone, and Park Seo-joon, Ahn Sung-ki and Udohwan appear.
After losing his father as a child, the martial arts champion, who has only distrust of the world, finds that a deep wound that can not be identified is formed in his palm one day and heads to a place where there is someone to help.
Yonghu accidentally meets the priest Anshin from the Vatican and realizes that he has a special power in his wounded hands. Through this, they learn about the existence of evil that confuses the world and confront with the Anshin, who is a strong backbone and seeks the black bishop Jishin (Udohwan), who spreads evil.
'Lion' opens as a new wave reminiscent of 'with God' from the beginning, and it seems that it will be announced from here. Unless it was just a new wave, the process of restoring the growth and faith of Yonghu should have been well drawn. However, the film omits all of them and simply consumes them as a new wave for the new wave.
In addition, the occult The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Runragien 'lion' world view is childish, and lacks probability. Billen is crude and childish, and he is laughing. If this one-dimensional worldview is so, it is doubtful whether he can build the 'Dark Universe' pursued by Kim Joo-hwan. To do that, Billen’s character must be drawn well in the first episode, and we must know what Jisin has and what he has for him. Aside from the warriors why they came from, the character of Jisin is not attractive.
The completion of CG also falls, hindering immersion: God's "lion" confronts evil with a ridiculous device, not a gumma consciousness or any special ability. In the setting that the lion sent by God goes to kill evil with the fire that is emitted from his hand, a laugh bursts. The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run is right. How can you understand a lion against evil with superpowers?
The new wave and the fear of the East are tired. Similar scenes unfold one after another, and they feel tired.
The foundation reiterates unnecessary scenes such as scenes where Jisin communicates with evil in succession, and scenes where sacrifices are held. The quality is reminiscent of hero water in the 80s.
It is hard to find anything spectacular. The characteristics of the occult genre are only revealed for 10 minutes in the second half of the play. Action, Sinpa, drama, even the main character (Yonghu) gives a sense of delight that you have seen from somewhere.
The sound of "lion" also seems to have a problem. It is not used as a device to help create a sense of fear, but it is unnecessary enough to block the ears with both hands, and the volume also interferes with immersion.
The other thing is that even if it is a problem of goodwill, the biggest problem of 'lion' is boring. Action's pleasure, impression, and neither side of it are satisfied, and it is developed in a lukewarm manner, and the running time of 129 minutes is approaching longer.
Also, the humor code, which is a good spice for the drama, is also noise for the lion. Ahn Sung-ki wants to be a short-runner in a long running time with the middle of the play 'Ajah Gag', but this only confuses the audience whether to laugh or not. It is not easy to understand what the director intended to insert the screen into the movie. If it was intended, it should have functioned clearly.
Where did he spend more than 10 billion won on production? The movie can not answer the question.
The only virtue will be Park Seo-joon in a bridal suit.
Many people have seen the finished "lion." But it is not a very groundless confidence to make a tentpole movie with confidence. Running time 129 minutes.
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