In mid-2020, as the epidemic slowed down, the film industry gradually "thawed", and the cinema began to appear crowds, and the sullen people rushed to "retaliatory entertainment". At that time, the Korean movie "Save Me from Evil", starring two major movie emperors Hwang Jeong-min and Lee Jeong-jae, launched the exciting pursuit of you chasing me on the big screen, the superb action scenes were very exciting, and the plot was quite fascinating, making fans who had not watched the movie for a long time full of expectations.
Stills from Save Me from Evil
"Save Me from Evil" plot depicts a shocking kidnapping case in Thailand, the killer Rennan (Huang Zhengmin) after completing the final assassination mission, determined to go to Panama to wash his hands, but learned that the kidnapping case has a very big relationship with himself, so he went to Thailand without hesitation to start a pursuit operation with the helpers.
On the other hand, Lei (Lee Jeong-jae), whose brother was assassinated by Rennam, in order to avenge his family, followed the footsteps of the assassins, killing all the way from Japan and South Korea to Thailand, and as a killer, he vowed to die to take the life of his brother's enemy. The fierce assassins and ruthless pursuers launched a fierce pursuit without a bottom line.
In fact, before watching the movie does not seem to have any expectations, one is less contact with Korean movies, the last in our country to cause a warm response is probably "The Melting Pot" or "Suyuan", the second is that China is also the leader of the action film theme, at first want to see the simple is boring for too long, and Lee Jeong-jae in "Walking with God" superb acting skills are quite impressed, did not expect to completely subvert the imagination after watching the film, the whole movie can be completely described by the word "wonderful".
Although there are a lot of characters at the beginning of the movie, it is inevitable that people with blind faces cannot distinguish who is who, but as the plot progresses, the events gradually become clear. Roughly speaking, Huang Zhengmin is running around for his kidnapped daughter, and Lee Jeong-jae is pursuing and killing him in order to avenge his brother.
Both are movie emperors outside the play, and both are killers inside the play, and the fierce chase between the two sides, whether it is close-fitting blade contact or machine gun strafing, grenade bombardment, the scene is quite huge, comparable to the violent aesthetic of Keanu Reeves's "Fast Pursuit". In addition to excellent action scenes, the plot is not sloppy at all, not a simple brainless cool film, the plot design of "Save Me from Evil" is very careful, not only has intricate character relationships, each character has their own motivations, and they are interlinked with each other.
Secondly, I also want to talk about the pseudo-transgender Man-woo played by Park Jeong-min, who completely lit up the whole movie, and the funny acting skills soothed the tense atmosphere, and even the last moment was very critical, and such a special role was rare in Korean movies in the past. And Li Zhengzai, who played the king of Yan Luo in "Walking with God", not only fought fiercely in the play, wielding knives, shooting, and fighting, but also exposed strong chest and abs, I believe it will surprise and delight female audiences, maybe this is the charm of the movie emperor!
All in all, "Save Me from Evil" is above the level of action scenes, plots, and acting skills, and some of the "fight and kill" pictures are too realistic, the means are cruel and bloody, and people cover their eyes from time to time to skim the beginning, but it is also such a realistic shot to show the delicacy of action movies.