Sunday, October 9, 2016

Review on Korea-Chinese movie Bounty Hunters.

On the weekend, I managed to catch up some time on some Korean films. Bounty Hunters was one of my movies in my bucket wish list. Though it's an action packed film but it boosts some comical scenes and ridiculous parts too. Chun Hon Leung plays as Ah Yo in the film as one of the hired bodyguards. His partner in crime Lee San (Lee Min Ho) who practically dozes off during his work time. He is care-free and doesn't bother about anything. One day the two were hired by a reporter to carry out a mission only to realize it was a trap. The two were framed for being murderers and they had to run for their lives.


They stumbled across the big sister boss Cat played by Tiffany Tang, her whiz geek Swan played by Karena Ng and bulky bodyguard Bo Bo played by Louis Fan. The trio are on their mission to find the real instigator, Tommy behind the bombings of the chain hotels. 

Cat started out as a tough fiesty boss who wants to take control of everything. Since she is rich and has everything she wanted, she had no problem in getting her hands on guns, weapons, transportation and accommodation. San and Yo are always ahead of them and doing their own things which gets Cat very angry. 

There are many comical scenes with Yo getting involved with the triads, driving the car and even been electrocuted at the elevator. He's the joker of the group. For fans who are aiming for hard core romance, the love line falls for San and Cat. The film is dubbed in Cantonese language so it very awkward to see Lee Min Ho speaking in Cantonese! High probability he learned a few words but the way of his mouth movements, he's definitely speaking in Korean. Tiffany Tang is a China actress so her Mandarin speaking would be dubbed in Cantonese. The only native Cantonese speakers are Karena Ng and Louis Fan.

Overall, I would rate it 7 out of 10 stars.
The film directed by PD Shin Tae Ra who was previously directing some films such as Runaway Cop, My Girlfriend is an Agent and Black House.

I must say the view at Jeju-do is beautiful especially from the hotel's balcony.
It has reminded me so much of the SBS drama All In. 










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