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Rating: 3 out of 5 Release Date: 1997 Director: Neung-han Song Netflix Link IMDb Link |
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If you've been paying attention, you know that I'm quite taken with a lot of the Korean crime dramas I've seen lately. The problem with No. 3 is that there's nothing "lately" about it. It is yet another curious example of a late 90's film looking and feeling like a late 80's film. Matters are not helped any by the magical mullet sported by the lead actor (it's on the cover). Instead of a tense, edge of your seat thriller, it ends up being just another Korean gangster dramazzzzzzzzz. This film probably came out before they knew what the hell they were doing. Min-Sik Choi, who's one of my favorite Korean actors and most likely the reason I bothered watching this in the first place, has a relatively small part. For what it's worth, it's been about a week since I saw this one, and already, I've pretty much forgotten the plot. There are a lot of good Korean gangster dramas out there, but this is not necessarily one of them. I wouldn't really recommend it unless you're really desperate for something to watch. No. 3 gets my ho-hum rating of 3 stars. In fact, to cleanse my Min-sik Choi pallet, after watching this, I watched Thirst again.
