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As I have mentioned many times before, the main reason Korean cinema reached the status it holds in international cinema is largely due to the plethora of masterful crime thrillers produced in the previous decade. As I have also stated, however, that era is long gone, with many producers and filmmakers milking the ‘recipe’ to the point that the whole genre has become obsolete. “Revolver“, unfortunately, is another title that justifies this notion.

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Soo-yeong is a former police officer who got involved in a scheme while still on the Force and ended up taking the blame when the whole thing blew up, in exchange for a substantial reward, including an apartment. As the film begins and she is released from prison, Seok-yong, the mastermind behind the scheme and her boyfriend, is nowhere to be found. Instead, she is greeted by a...

Continuing the small trend of Korean action movies about stories of locals outside of Asia, as in “Escape from Mogadishu” and “The Point Men”, Kim Seong-je has come up with a story taking place in Bogota this time, with the film actually being shot there, at least until Covid forced the filmmakers to relocate in Korea. At the same time, however, the quality of these titles seems to deteriorate with each entry, and “City of the Lost”, unfortunately, is no exception.

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After his family is uprooted by the 1997 Asian financial crisis, 19-year-old Kook-hee (Song Joong-ki) arrives in Bogotá with his parents in hopes of a better life, only to be thrown into a brutal struggle for survival. Stripped of their savings and left to fend for himself, he takes a job under Sergeant Park, who has started as a...