Hard Hitting Drama
Review by Jon
Very good - Rating out of 100 - 80
Many Korean films are tedious (perhaps not for Koreans) but I often find they try too hard to deliver deep meaning into films where it's just not necessary or appropriate. Example, you rent/buy a film because you want to see a good shoot-em-up or action, but find its loaded with slow drawn-out scenes about nothing and unsophisticated morals that just get in the way of the blood and guts you want to see.
Although Breathless does follow this description to a degree, it is simply very, very well made and you'll find yourself enjoying it for the excellent dialogue and its remarkably credible characters.
I can't remember seeing another film in which every character is so well defined through casting and dialogue. Right down to bit parts. The 'boss' of the lead character, (you'll see who I mean) is 100% spot on.
Give the film at least 20 minutes, the only danger in the beginning it that you may be inclined to think that all bad language is merely an unimaginative way to give the film and its characters some street cred, get past this understandable misconception and you'll soon find this is not the case at all, and that you'll be completely engrossed in the story as I was.
Excellent! Go and rent this film you won't be disappointed
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