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The Divine Move 2: The Wrathful (2019)

Directed by Khan Lee

Overview

In the 1990s, when Go gambling fever swept Korea, Gui-su loses everything because his father gambled obsessively until there was nothing left. Left all alone in the world, Gui-su meets a mentor and Go teacher, Il-do, and goes through vicious training to become the grandmaster of Go. He sets out for revenge on the world that destroyed his life, but soon finds himself chased by an unknown loner pursuing his own vendetta.

Length 106 minutes

Actors

Viewing History (seen 1 time)


Date Viewed	Device	Format	Source	Rating
11/25/2019	Movie Screen	Digital	Theater	6.5 stars
				(Average) 6.5 stars

Viewing Notes

Only discovered that this was showing in my local theater and what appears to be a very limited engagement of 4 days total since today is the last day it’s showing yet it opened on Friday?! I didn’t even know there was a sequel for this but I really dug the first film so def want to see this.

Sequel in name only. This is an all new story about a kid who’s good at Go is taken in and mentored to become a superior Go player so they hustle other Go players. Then the kid grows up to be Kwon Sang-woo who is super muscle-y and now a hand-to-hand combat expert. He has a grand plan to enact revenge on those that wronged him when he was a kid.

This movie is perfectly fine. It lacks the thrills of the first movie that really made the game of Go entrancing and exciting. This movie the game could be Chess or whatever. Sure, there’s a little bit to the gameplay but more about the long play revenge plot. It hits beat by beat as you expect it to with so little stakes. My investment was how well the movie is shot and looks. Some of the fighting is neat but hyper-edited.

Probably more a 6 star movie but I like stoic Kwon Sang-woo beating up dudes and getting his revenge.

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