Rafael Motamayor And it's a shame because the initial idea was not bad. There is action in the movie, and the action scenes are (reasonably) well done, but there are large chunks of the movie where there's no action at all. But another enemy may be lurking nearby. Lots of netizens are surprised by union between super-hot actors and super-skilled film directors. About the Author Michael Kellichner is writer and poet from Pennsylvania currently living in South Korea. Learn more about our use of cookies and information. [20], Webtoon writer Yoon Tae-ho penned a prequel titled Illang: Prequel, which took place five years before the events of the film. Space Sweepers. I felt like the new happy ending didn't match up to the original ending in the anime movie. 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Significant tariffs are imposed upon both countries, creating an economic depression for both, and weakening public support for reunification. As a Korean critic, I should have gave it a 10 but on a second thought befitting to our Korean situation and what not Perhaps if I had seen the anime version the other raters talk about, I would have understood what was going on. Which is where, if you were looking for a movie inspired by, but uniquely different to, Jin-Roh, Illang will let you down. If we cut off the narrations intro, the film could still be set in Japan and nothing would really need to be changed. South Korean police launches a special unit, known as "Illang" (The Wolf Brigade), in response to the rise of an anti-reunification domestic insurgency called "The Sect". The windows in the car he hijacks are obviously easily smashed, but bulletproof when he reverses and gets shot at. Contribute to chinapedia/wikipedia.en development by creating an account on GitHub. That was satisfying. [32] The number of South Korean film admissions in July 2018 dropped by 21.4% from 2017, to 5.39 million, due to the sluggishness of this film and the absence of intermediate films to replace it. The main problem with it is that two and a half hours it's much too overlong and could have done with some judicious cutting, but other than that this is a solid effort. I was 100% on-board with this movie until about the last 15 minutes or so. He stands up to instructor Jang Jin-tae. The use of light and shadow to build suspense as the sewers suddenly go dark and multiple red eyes start to glow will send chills down your spine. The following weapons were used in the film Illang: The Wolf Brigade: Illang: the Wolf Brigade is an enjoyable, if ultimately flawed, film. Illang: The Wolf Brigade 2018 | Maturity Rating: 16+ | 2h 19m | Sci-Fi Movies In 2029, the elite police squad Illang combats a terrorist group opposing reunification of the two Koreas. Illang: The Wolf Brigade Photos View All Photos Movie Info. The old sergeant solemnly compares Kei's fate to the demise of Red Riding Hood and the triumph of the wolf. A really good action movie with an intriguing setup. [11] Helen McCarthy in 500 Essential Anime Movies called the anime "a must-see" and praised the score and the design, commenting on "some breathtakingly composed scenes". [24][12], A red carpet and showcase event for the film was held on July 18, 2018 at Times Square Mall in Yeongdeungpo-gu with the attendance of the director and cast. Even though there are some modifications to the overall story, and one significant diversion, the characters, and story beats are heavily inspired by the original. Didn't feel anything for the characters or their romance. Yes they've changed the setting but it's almost a shot to shot homage to Jin Roh in some parts, when Grace Omega started playing I immediately got frisson! Disappointing & Forgettable. Gustav Horn, Carl (2002). The director of this movie is one of my personal favourites who previously made such modern classics as Tale of two sisters, Bittersweet life and I saw the devil. Now I never read the Manga, but I did watch the Anime (Jin Roh). [31], The film was made on a US$17.0 million budget and targeted to attract around 6 million moviegoers. Then over an hour of nothing and confusing story. Illang: The Wolf Brigade does have fantastic action sequences, especially the one involving the steel-clad unstoppable soldier killing his way through sewer tunnels filled with corrupt cops. Since Lim was the last to see the girl alive, Han asks him to give the book to her sister. The production values are top-notch with excellent cinematography and fight coreography but the final product somehow feels like an unremarkable and hollow action movie without that spark that made Bittersweet life such an unforgettable experience. It's not like it is not competently made, it just lacks that excitement off all those earlier movies. This generates significant backlash from the region's powers (the U.S, Russia, China, and Japan) who oppose reunification. As more soldiers join in, the girl detonates the bomb in her hands. After hesitating to shoot the girl responsible for the blast, Lt. Lim (Gang Dong-won, the rare live-action star whos less expressive than his hand-drawn equivalent) is publicly reprimanded and sent to re-education whatever that means (other than a chance to feature a flashy training sequence in which he shoots his way through an abandoned building). However, Lim sees through the fact that State Security agents are present. (Source: KoBiz). Failing to create any sense of intrigue about its futuristic world, The Wolf Brigade is one disappointing mess that carries bits n pieces of brilliance scattered here n there but the overall product is too weak & uninspiring to sustain the interest and leaves the viewers feeling rather indifferent in the end. It was originally planned to be the third and final live-action feature film of the Kerberos trilogy, but its production wasn't possible until 1994, while Oshii was already working on Ghost in the Shell. Running time: 138 MIN. In any case, he focuses his style elsewhere, elaborating on the storys Red Riding Hood allegory (which also happens to be Yun-hees choice of wardrobe) in an endlessly complicated loop of whether humans are hiding in wolves clothing or the other way around. 2023 Variety Media, LLC. Indeed, those hulking red-eyed soldier-cops disappear for nearly 90 minutes, until such time that Lim puts his own uniform on again and faces off against corrupt Public Security honcho Han Sang-woo (Kim Moo-yul, the films most charismatic actor), who may also be a Wolf Brigade member. After the event, significant opposition to the Special Unit forces the group to utilize their iconic gas masks, to hide their identity as well as provide use in case of bio-hazardous threats. With the appearance of an armed anti-government terrorist group called The Sect which opposes reunification, the President creates a new police division called the Special Unit which amasses significant political power. Netflix and third parties use cookies (why?). Aside from the blackouts and the demonstrations at the beginning, I didn't fully get a sense of the effects of the reunification process. People just want to the see the armor suit fighting. The Wolf Brigade is a high powered, deadly force of men whose job it is to crush the sect opposing reunification. The action scenes themselves are decent for what they are. An unfortunate misfire, Kim Jee-woon's latest is also his weakest film to date. Starring: Gang Dong-won, Han Hyo-joo, Jung Woo-sung Watch all you want. A year after the formation of the Special Unit, an incident known as "Bloody Friday" occurs, in which the special unit mistakenly fires upon young girls in a suspected Sect compound. Hachiroh Tohbe explains to Kei that the Wolf Brigade has used the Public Security Division's plan to flush out those who were most active in trying to eliminate the Kerberos Corps, and eliminate them in turn. The main characters, of course, are caught up in, and pivotal to, this inter-agency conflict. In 2029, after the governments of North and South Korea announce a 5-year plan to reunify the country, strong sanctions by the world's powerful nations cripple the economy and lead to a hellish period of chaos. that betraying sonovabitch Henmi ate shit. He likes writing about horror despite being the most scary-cat person he knows. Sorry, but you can't access this content! Starring: Gang Dong-won, Han Hyo-joo, Jung Woo-sung Watch all you want. [6], The film was released on July 25, 2018. The majority of the story beats and the characters personalities, however, are lifted the whole cloth from the original. The products discussed here were independently chosen by our editors. Floor Coatings. If you are someone who has only a passing knowledge of Jin-Roh (or better yet, no knowledge at all), you are set up to enjoy this film the most. Kei is eventually revealed not to be the suicide bomber's sister, but a former bomb courier coerced into acting on behalf of the Special Unit's rival division Public Security. Not worth watching. The incident damages the reputation of the unit and Fuse is reprimanded. [9], An early comment on the film was given by Blue Sky animator Andr Mazzone, who was shown the film in May 1999 as part of a delegation from the studio to Production IG's headquarters. Thankfully, though, this is not something they abuse, and Illang does look different, though perhaps someone not well versed in the differences between Korean culture and Japanese culture might easily overlook a lot of the small nuances. Han Hyo Joo is pretty. I just watched the movie, im just kinda curious who this actor is at the end of the movie, does anyone know? [10][11] The film competed in the San Sebastin International Film Festival for the Golden Shell, becoming the second South Korean film to do so.[12]. (Also in San Sebastian film festival.) Illang: The Wolf Brigade 2018 | Maturity Rating: 16 | 2h 19m | Action & Adventure In 2029, the elite police squad Illang combats a terrorist group opposing reunification of the two Koreas. Out of all world cinema I have to say Korea may well be the one I've always had the best relationship with. Why? The goal of /r/Movies is to provide an inclusive place for discussions and news about films with major releases. The animation is good for its time, and while it flirts with interesting ideas, it moves at such a slow pace and features such a dull main character that I found myself frequently bored. There is also the weird use of the 2029 setting when the futuristic tanks and helicopters from the opening sequence are quickly abandoned in favor of modern technology. That inexplicable something a story (in any medium) can have. These are among the scariest non-Nazi soldiers ever to be put on screen. Rafael Motamayor (@RafaelMotamayor) is a recovering cinephile and freelance writer from Venezuela currently freezing his ass off in cold, grey, Norway. The new instruction is to go into the sewers together with Yun-hee. It received mixed reviews and under-performed at the domestic box office, selling around 897,000 tickets against its break-even point of six million tickets. In 2029, the elite police squad Illang combats a terrorist group opposing reunification of the two Koreas. From here on out, Illang: The Wolf Brigade devotes much of its remaining runtime to a pointless attempt at inflating the runtime and creating intrigue when you dont care about the mystery. [27][30] After five days of release, Illang: The Wolf Brigade earned a total of US$5.29 million. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. The raw and "bestial" ending was changed for a more "humane" one. The story of the original is more or less the story of the remake. His short fiction has been previously published in Three Crows Magazine, Black Denim Lit and Trigger Warnings: Short Fiction with Pictures. [21], Illang: The Wolf Brigade was released in South Korea on July 25, 2018. Later, Kei reveals her role in the deception and suggests they leave together, but Fuse decides to stay. Jin-Roh (, Jinr, lit. Actually, the meaning of Wolf Brigade changes midway through the movie, by which point audiences will have learned that its best not to spend too much energy attempting to follow the plot. Perhaps not being aware of its background helped. Some of the same setups are in Illang, but they lost the threads throughout the film, and the payoff doesnt arrive with as much force. The film was financed by Union Investment Partners, with production being announced in 2013. In 2029 an elite police squad combats a terrorist group that opooses the reunification of the two Korean states. "Werewolf"), also known as Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade in its American release, is a 1999 Japanese action political thriller[1] anime film directed by Hiroyuki Okiura (in his directorial debut) and written by Mamoru Oshii. Interesting what the Korean Scriptwriters think about Super Powers meddling into Reunification of the Republic of South Korea and the Democratic People's Nation of North Korea. But the fight ends quickly after a young girl detonates herself, and after spending the entire opening introducing us to this badass group of scary soldiers and showing how formidably effective they are, the film pretty much sweeps them under the rug for the rest of its runtime. They provide Fuse with a full set of armor and weaponry, before leaving with Kei in tow. See production, box office & company info, Chief Presidential Secretary Park Jeong-gi. The show started out fairly slow and then took off with some really fantastic action. EDIT: cause I screwed up my numbers, apparently. Visiting the grave of the suicide, he meets Kei, the girl's sister, who does not hold him responsible for her demise. This page was last edited on 28 January 2023, at 21:03. Pretty good not great. The film's musical score was composed by Hajime Mizoguchi. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Lim is ordered to kill Yun-hee for being a Sect member and spy for the state security. sorry to be that guy, but does anyone who has seen the movie know what is the origin of the art from the Red riding hood scene, I am fascinated by the artwork and am looking for prints of it and was wondering if they are original to the movie itself or from an outside source? Now we do get the live action version of it. The acting is decent, the effects and suits are quite good and the plot flows smootly until the end. This could explain why Jin-Roh is much more grounded and easier to follow than The Red Spectacles and StrayDog: Kerberos Panzer Cops, which don't really feature the iconic armor. "[28], Jason Bechervaise from Screendaily wrote that the film "contains moments of stylistic brilliance through some compelling set-pieces. This leads to the emergence of a terrorist group named Sect, which opposes the joint government of South and North Korea. "Frontiers of Total Filmmaking: Mamoru Oshii Creator of Jin-Roh." I've been waiting almost 20 years for this and thankfully it was not a whitewashed Hollywood disaster! I just hate Anime live series. I never watched the anime so I can speak on how important those combat suits are other than looking super cool. But at the end of the day, the shoot-outs are tight, and the action is adrenaline inducing. I watched Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade a few months back, and I'm not a fan of it. But, it really feels as if the actions of any character become pointless, especially during the third act of the movie. Human-Wolf; also known as Inrang) is a South Korean science fiction action movie directed by Kim Jee-woon and starring Gang Dong-won, Han Hyo-joo, Jung Woo-sung and Kim Mu-yeol. Visually, I get that director KIM JI HOON had deliberately or not payed a successful hommage to its Japanese predecessor albeit bit of twist in scenario to make it more [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] 2023 GAMESPOT, A FANDOM COMPANY. "[27], As per Yonhap review, the film "spent so much time trying to recreate the world from the animated movie and remakes it into a big-scale action blockbuster that it never got the simple things right the film falls short of properly delivering the intense inner conflict felt by Joong-kyung. Fullmetal Alchemist The Final Alchemy. Please use a html5 video capable browser to watch videos. Han Hyo-joo sure tries hard to make Yoon-hee work, but I think to really make that character come alive, Joong-kyung needs to be more dynamic, and by design, he's not. Inrang: A feast for the eyes, but not the mind. Kei embraces Fuse and sadly recites the dialogue of Little Red Riding Hood, describing the grotesque appearance of the wolf disguised as a loved one. However, mostly the change just allows for a more fully rounded explanation of why there are protests and how the anti-terror unit came to be formed in the first place. There are also some other surface changes to the film that, really, dont affect as much as they probably should.

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