2019 · action · crime · political
The Bad Guys: Reign of Chaos
Directed by Son Yong-ho1h 54m2019
A respectable village head decides to keep his son away from the violent politics of rural life. However, fate intervenes, forcing the young man to not only return home, but also take up the sickle.
Our read: The Bad Guys: Reign of Chaos (2019) reads as a sombre, breathless, grounded action · crime · political entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, measured action / crime, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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- intense
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