THE MAN FROM NOWHERE ( Ajeossi ) Jeong-Beom Lee, 2010
There's almost nothing original in the story told in The Man from Nowhere , new film Jeong-Beom Lee young Korean director with assets of only two films (the first Yeolhyeol -nama, Cruel Winter Blues , which unfortunately I still have not recovered but that is often compared to none other than Kitano gangster film), but had a view of the huge commercial success at home, where his second job was a real blockbuster, stands as one of the peaks diamond among the new directors of the peninsula. Therefore, although the plot seems to draw heavily from films like Taken ( I will find ) or Léon , with more than a nod to John Woo of yore and with echoes of film Na Hong-jin and Ji-woon Kim in his film, Lee, blend so well these influences, by do not leave any time the viewer to think of something you've seen before. The Man from Nowhere is a movie full of cliches, but in a more positive perception of the term, when a stereotypical situation makes you almost feel at home, creating the right climate and the expectations that you know will be expected, allowing you to sit on sofa and enjoy the show at its best. Despite then the aftertaste already tasted, Lee, in the best tradition of Korean (and the Far East in general) has certainly not afraid to get their hands dirty, the brothers Suk, the villain of the film are two cynical gangster and over the top in a almost cartoonish, involved in the worst traffic as possible and not disdaining stored blackest of humor, giving, as always happens at the cinema in East Asia, where the genres are not rigid guidelines but are overflowing mixed together, a more facets of the story that goes beyond the typical crime-action West. With so small a touch of class and a carefully directed and compact (as, indeed, some small slip in some of the more hectic scenes) in the management of violence, it really is masterful in this sense, the choice not to show anything, relegating to the boundary or relying on small Ellesse, as long as it is not shed light on the mysterious past Cha Tae-Sik ( Won Bin, already quite appreciated by me for the excellent interpretation of the mentally ill son in the beautiful Mother of Bong Joon-ho ) and then explode from that moment forward, building a few sequences from jumping on the chair, a fast sequence plan (probably fake) but quick paced and what is likely one of the best fights ever seen with knives, shot in a dry, beautifully choreographed and a brilliant climax as brutal. Won Bin, in turn, shows to have broad enough shoulders to be able to withstand the weight of the film almost entirely by himself, showing off an undeniable charisma, resulting in the most dramatic and credible that the action sequences (remember, in more than one shot, a young Chow Yon-Fat), aided by the excellent performance of the rest of the cast, Kim Hee-won and Kim Song-oh, in the role of Fools the little brothers Suk Kim Sae-ron , those of the sweet So-Mi. The Man from Nowhere is a film that despite its flaws is definitely his duty to entertain the audience in his two-hour period, compensating for their lack of originality found quite intriguing and a great display of style, managing to touch all the right strings.
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