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In the near future, a financial crisis will hit Korea and slums arise. From those areas, a group of young people commit crime to survive.In the near future, a financial crisis will hit Korea and slums arise. From those areas, a group of young people commit crime to survive.In the near future, a financial crisis will hit Korea and slums arise. From those areas, a group of young people commit crime to survive.
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David Chen
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Stephen Fu
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Todd Haberkorn
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Judy Alice Lee
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Christopher Sean
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The purpose of a movie is to tell a story. Stories are either be predictable or unpredictable. Director Sung-hyun Yoon takes his highly predictable "Time to Hunt" to new heights with his über cool filmmaking style.
The story is set in an Dystopian future where there is no scope for any development, especially for the underprivileged. The emptiness in the city streets and buildings depicts a true sense of the utter helplessness faced by the three protagonists Jun seok, Jang Ho and Ki Hoon. As the 3 friends led by Jun Seok take matters into their own hands and plan a heist at an illegal casino run by gangsters. The sequence of events following the heist forms the rest of the story, which is filled with high octane firefights and bursts of heart pounding suspense. Though the screenplay is predictable at some places, surprises are aplenty and are well placed.
Exceptional cinematography rules the roost throughout the movie with tons of third person perspective angles giving a video game feel in the action scenes. Dark tone given to the dystopian sets gives an eerie feel. Production design and VFX is good for the low budgeted film. EDM inspired Background Score is both Stunning and outstanding. Acting in general is good. The problem with "Time to Hunt" is its runtime, which make it, a tad boringly lengthy in the middle and an average slow paced screenplay, when one considers the length of the movie. But luckily after every dull scene a good gripping action sequence lifts up the mood to keeping things interesting.
"Time to Hunt" is a must watch for action movie buffs, who will be definitely rewarded for their patience. The movie has some flair and is a great example for friendship & camaraderie. "Time to hunt" can be considered very good when compared to a string of low IQ slam bang action movies in the recent times.
The story is set in an Dystopian future where there is no scope for any development, especially for the underprivileged. The emptiness in the city streets and buildings depicts a true sense of the utter helplessness faced by the three protagonists Jun seok, Jang Ho and Ki Hoon. As the 3 friends led by Jun Seok take matters into their own hands and plan a heist at an illegal casino run by gangsters. The sequence of events following the heist forms the rest of the story, which is filled with high octane firefights and bursts of heart pounding suspense. Though the screenplay is predictable at some places, surprises are aplenty and are well placed.
Exceptional cinematography rules the roost throughout the movie with tons of third person perspective angles giving a video game feel in the action scenes. Dark tone given to the dystopian sets gives an eerie feel. Production design and VFX is good for the low budgeted film. EDM inspired Background Score is both Stunning and outstanding. Acting in general is good. The problem with "Time to Hunt" is its runtime, which make it, a tad boringly lengthy in the middle and an average slow paced screenplay, when one considers the length of the movie. But luckily after every dull scene a good gripping action sequence lifts up the mood to keeping things interesting.
"Time to Hunt" is a must watch for action movie buffs, who will be definitely rewarded for their patience. The movie has some flair and is a great example for friendship & camaraderie. "Time to hunt" can be considered very good when compared to a string of low IQ slam bang action movies in the recent times.
Yoon Sung-hyun's 'Time to Hunt' is a solid (and loud) crime thriller that unfortunately winds up being semi-unmemorable due to the weak writing of its conflicts and characters.
I don't understand the complains about the movie's run time,i didn't get bored or looked at the watch while watching.
And as for the script... I didn't see an issue as well, the movie was not meant to be that DEEP or meaningful its an intense ride.
The cast was amazing honestly, everyone did a great job and no one was over reacting or too loud, the atmosphere and the scenario was pretty good as well.
I enjoyed Han VERY much, it almost felt like he was the Korean John Wick, I loved him and would love to see the actor having a stand alone movie going all insane and rampage.
Time To Hunt: A near future Dystopic South Korea, a crook is released from prison and discovers the money from his last heist is worthless due to inflation. He plans a heist at a casino with friends to fund an escape from SK. Very much like The Last Days Of American Crime in set up and plot development. An interesting story is padded out by an overlong running time of 134 minutes. Some pretty good gunfights, well choreographed, car chases a mysterious assassin who is hired to eliminate the gang. This would have made a tight gangster thriller at 90 minutes. Directed & Written by Yoon Sung-hyun. On Netflix. 6/10.
Amazing 1 half, nonsense 2nd half, did they switch to another script writer or wat? Everything is good, the acting, camera, sound, ost, directing but the script doesnt make any sense after the parking lot scene, why empty hospital? Why let them go? I am confused.
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- TriviaThe film premiered at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival on February 22, 2020, making it the first Korean film to be screened in the Berlinale Special section.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Film Junk Podcast: Episode 781: Another Round (2021)
- SoundtracksPassing By (Prod. Primary)
- How long is Time to Hunt?Powered by Alexa
- What is the name and artist of the song in the end credits?I really enjoyed it.
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