The opening scene of Byung gil Jung's action movie, about a female assassin
hellbent on revenge, is an extended first-person ultra-violent sword massacre
of hundreds of suited thugs - a startling and original sequence that has you
sitting up, awake, and paying attention (through your fingers) - but no sooner
does this sequence end than the movie slips into very familiar territory, not
just reminiscent of
Kill Bill Vol.1
and La Femme Nikita but using near-exact replica scenes - from the child-under-the-bed moment to the honeymoon-suite bathroom assassination, so that what started so startlingly and originally ends up so generic and well-trodden it almost feels like a fanboy tribute.
★★☆☆☆
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