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Project Wolf Hunting (2022) - Film Review

Less than 10 minutes into the movie, I was already wondering why am I watching this show, and in the dead of the night. 

But I was thinking to myself, I've toughened up quite a bit when it comes to things like these...Happiness, Signal, Sweet Home, Alice in Borderland, Vagabond, City Hunter, Tunnel...these crime and sci-fi dramas and films I endured just so that I can watch my favorite actors in action...they must have really built me some mental muscles. 

Usually, I am the late kind because I want to see what everyone has to say about it...so that I am prepared. 

I will just present you with reasons to watch and reasons NOT to. Here goes. 

REASONS TO WATCH

If you like Seo In Guk, Jung So Min, Jang Dong Yoon, Sung Dong Il, or maybe even Im Ju Hwan, you might want to endure this film. 

Hint: If you're a fan of Jang Dong Yoon, maybe watch it. 

It's interesting. I know we have a lot of post apocalyptic world films all over the place now but this is a little different. I don't want to spoil it for you, but I think the writers and producers did a (kinda) good job in balancing out the character development. 

Just in case you are wondering why, the main character is Seo In Guk, right? But...er...yeah...half way through the movie. 

Everyone else? Erm...yeah...

But there was so little time and too many characters to develop, so we have to just infer some stuff. 

It's a freak bloodbath show. If you like this kind of thing, with a monster to boot, this is the show for you. I had to watch it behind my blanket. Not as many jump scares as I thought there would be but still, watch out for the silence. 

REASONS NOT TO WATCH

I will do it just straight up, without putting rose-tinted glasses on; it's violent, disgusting, inhumane, insane, and many scenes (according to me) were unnecessary. The scenes were disturbing. So, if you're like me, don't watch it. 

CGI. I know some people watch movies, dramas and stuff like this for the CGI - but it's not as great as I thought. Nothing to the extend of Spiderman or The Avengers, and the likes. In fact, I think they need to work harder at the sound effects department. 

I mean, does every hit on the head with brick deserve the same watermelon-smashing sound? When blood is gushing out a dead body, does it always have to sound like you're draining your bathroom pipe?

SPOILER ALERT - DON'T READ BEYOND THIS POINT

Everyone dies, except for Jang Dong Yoon who is an unexplained Super Human (as well as Sung Dong Il). Complaint? I mean, every fecking person who was good or trying to do something to escape all did not succeed, no? It's a dead ship. 

I was hoping, like every other viewer that there would at least be one good character to survive the fecking ship but there was none. OK, so, this is a three-way war - the pharmaceutical company, the criminals, and the police. The police were the weakest of the three. 

For some reason, the pharmaceutical company suddenly sends in some superior soldiers or something...WTF. Sso, this movie is just a lot of bloodbath and insane violence. I don't know what the writers and producers were going through to decide to do this movie but...there are no redeeming points at all. 

Not a single one.

XOXO,
Marsha

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