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Despite the cinematography is quite amazing, aesthetically-pleasing, catchy, kinda full of fun service, while it winks to Matrix's Neo, clothes and environments, to Polar and to John Wick or to the Pulp-genre, the movie doesn't deliver.

What's the first purpose of a film?

Telling a story, IMHO.

This movie failed completely as i still don't get a heck of the full plot an narrative. Literally, i didn't understand what's happened in the film.

So, if u wanna impress the audience, just by doing splendid frames and images, maybe a videoclip is more suitable.

To me, this film resulted only as a demonstration of technical ability, without a solid story, a smart editing, a clear core. Screenplay and storyboard are definitely too lacking to the point of no return, till the viewer is lost cos he doesn't get the story and the characters, not even in the end obviously. Narratively speaking it is a total mess, confused and bad developed. Also some non-sense planted randomly.

And it almost feels like this confusion and lacking in the storytelling are wanted: wanted to create sophistications, some sort of elegance and unpredictability.

Well, sorry, but no, it doesn't work this way. Trying to be vague, misterious, skipping to different times, with flashbacks, dreams and oneiric moments is not enough to deliver style and refinement.

U gotta have soul in what you are telling, you gotta win the heart of the audience and in order to do so, u gotta let them to identify, to be moved, to empathize with what you are presenting to them.

There can't be empathy, where comprehension can't lean and root.

Not even when your goal is to create something intimate, private or totally open to free interpretations. When u wish that, u still need to give a "key" of understanding for audience to interpret your creation by its own way.

Otherwise, it is just a showoff of cameras, shots and CG.

Not impressed by the acting also: it is okay, not great. Mainly cos the roles lack in deep characterization and motives and... again... it is a failure in the script.

Good soundtrack and sound editing, very bad volume mixing though.

A great pity, it could have been a big deal... it is not.

Movie's story line is complicated and tough. But kim soo hyun greatly acted two different role in this movie which was impressive! I become a fan after watching this.. But the movie is lacking in many ways. So if you want to watch Kim Soo Hyun's different side as a fan you can watch it. Not bad though!

So, why two out of ten stars for this movie? Because the performances were really good so I had to give them that.

However, the story was ... hmm ... complicated. It didn't make sense most of the time and when it finally did, it just wasn't worth the two hours plus that were wasted watching it. Some of the mature scenes were, I guess, there to make it more edgy, but, for real, there were just unnecessary. The action scenes were okay and the visuals really nice, but they seemed to focus more on them than the story, which was just thinly spread through this lengthy film.

So, overall, two out of ten.

It is my first time watching Kim Soo Hyun (he reminds me a lot of Apo from the KinnPorsche show), I am very impressed with his acting. You could easily tell the characters he played apart by their mannerisms. I understand the story and it is definitely unique but I just wish it would've focused more on the story/plot and less on the mimicking process. It was pretty obvious what the one guy was doing half way through the movie, I feel like the actual story should've started coming together by then. The movie was over 2hrs, I think there was enough time to explain everything "behind IT" but instead the ending was rushed. I have many questions, especially how, who and why?...

The visuals were very nice. Sulli was very pretty. The actors were good, just a very poorly put together story/plot.

A classic case of actual villan of the movie turns out to be the director of the movie..

The story line is about helping beggars and giving them a life. .

Infact if you really cared about your movie plot.. instead of making this worst movie ever you should have used that money towards beggars uplift.. atleast we would have been spared.

I don't understand how such big actors with so much experience fail to see they are going to torcher audience with such screenplay.

Please next time if you ever think of making a movie please enact with junior actors or use some AI tool to make the movie first .. watch it yourselves and feel the pain you are going to leave on moive goers.