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Bullet Train Explosion (2025) ☆☆☆(3/4): A Thriller on Bullet Train

Posted on April 26, 2025 by kaist455

Japanese Netflix film “Bullet Train Explosion”, which was released on this Wednesday, provides enough fun and thrill along as your typical disaster film. While its course is predictably bumpy to say the least, the movie diligently and excitingly rolls its … Continue reading →

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Hard Hit (2021) ☆☆☆(3/4): There is a bomb right under him….

Posted on June 25, 2021 by kaist455

South Korean film “Hard Hit” is an efficient thriller which drives along its tight plot better than expected. While surely reminiscent of many other similar thriller films including “Phone Booth” (2002), the movie quickly grabs our attention within its first … Continue reading →

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Richard Jewell (2019) ☆☆☆(3/4): A plight he didn’t deserve

Posted on January 19, 2020 by kaist455

I feel rather ambivalent about Clint Eastwood’s latest film “Richard Jewell”, which engaged me with some good things to be appreciated while also distracting me with a few bad things to be noticed. After discussing with myself for a while … Continue reading →

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The Terror Live (2013) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4) : A thriller trapped on live

Posted on July 28, 2013 by kaist455

 South Korean thriller film “The Terror Live” throws us straight into its deadly situation right from its opening scene, and it stays on this situation within its limited space from the beginning to the end. This is a familiar premise … Continue reading →

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Quick (2011) ☆☆(2/4) : Slow delivery of bombs, actions, and cheap gags

Posted on July 23, 2011 by kaist455

The most interesting part of “Quick”, the latest South Korean action movie, is the behind-the-scene footage shown to us at the end credit. I understood they tried to make good action scenes, I saw how much the stunt men and … Continue reading →

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