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No Tears for the Dead (2014)
Directed by Lee Jeong-beom
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Overview
A hitman accidentally kills a little girl. Filled with regret, he wants to quit. But then to tie up loose ends, he is forced to go on another job, to kill the girl’s mother.
Rated NR | Length 117 minutes
Actors
Jang Dong-gun | Kim Min-hee | Brian Tee | Kim Min-jae | Jun Kim | Kim Hee-won | Jeon Bae-soo | Byun Yo-han | Lee Young-lan | Kang Ji-woo | Anthony Dilio | Alexander Wraith | Rich Ting | Dana Lee | Angela Bullock | Kim So-jin | Park Ji-yeon | Park Byung-eun | Moon Lee Ho | Minae Noji | Jennifer Buttell | Choi Seung Il | Ben Lepley | Todd Haberkorn | Skoti Collins | Alessandro Cuomo | Min Sung-wook | Kim Na-hee | Ko Woo-rim | Kim Ji-sung | Kim Won-beom | Kim Geu Lim | Kim Tae-Hoon | Lee Kyoo-hyung | Lee Dong-hwi | Matthew Douma | Kim Sung-oh | Kang Han-na | Ji Gun-woo | Shin Seong Il | Hwang Sang-kyung | 이승찬 | Choi Je-heon | Nam Yeon-woo | Park Sang-hoon | Jang In-sub | Seo Hyun-woo | Lee Gyeong-heon | Kim Yeon-soo | Joo Yeong-ho | Lee Jae-in | Son Seong-chan | Yoo Ok-joo | Shin Jae-hwan | Son Cheol-Min | Moonhak Kim
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/20/2014 | Movie Screen | Digital | Theater | 4.5 stars |
| (Average) 4.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
One of the more disappointing movies I’ve seen this year. Definitely a case where the typical lengthy runtime for SoKo films does this one no good. A lot of padding for a very so-so story made worse by the international flavor (US, HK, South Korean, some Latin guys). In the movie people actually say dialogue to describe what you already are watching onscreen. Example: the police activate a EMP type device to cut all power and radio / cell signals in hopes of deactivating a bomb. You watch them do this then witness everything shutting down, monitors, phones, etc. Then one character explains exactly what happened. UGH.
And really that entire sequence makes no sense because some things shut down like security cams and phones yet a whole array of other things continue to work. It’s so stupid. Hearing the stilted English dialogue flip back and forth to Korean or Spanish is also distracting mainly because the English dialogue is so corny.
The central story is good but everything around it is so terrible. By the time the real action kicks in after an hour of tedious build-up it just feels forced like “oh now we need some cool action beats.” And really they aren’t even that good.
I like the two leads but they aren’t enough to save a bad screenplay and shoddy directing. I do not recommend this movie.
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