I got to see Na Hong-jin’s Hope this past weekend, and what a ride it was! Yeah, the runtime is long, and some of the CGI is dodgy. But what the movie does have going for it is sheer balls. I haven’t seen a movie this “doesn’t give a fuck” about how crazy it is in a long time. The extended action sequences. The funny dialogue. The crazy plot reversal with only 10 minutes left to go. The movie ended, the credits started, and someone in the row in front of me stated loudly, “What the fuck was that?!”

One of the things that I did learn watching Hope is that I now have a small crush on Zo In-sung, who plays Ko Sung-ki in the movie. I was real happy that he got all the plot armor.