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A couple of months ago some soldiers disappeared on the
army base R-Point. Ten soldiers are sent there to find
them, whether they're dead or alive. When they get there
the whole place seems deserted and there's no one to be
found. When one of the soldiers die, the panic starts
spreading among the soldiers. Is it true what people are
saying? Is R-Point actually haunted? Or are they just
being paranoid... well they're about to find out.
I can't help getting excited every time I find a new Asian
horror movie in my mailbox. Especially not when it's a
2-disc DVD with a map and everything. Ever since I heard
of The Bunker (which I didn't find very good) a couple of
years back I've been craving for a good war ghost movie.
Then came Deathwatch, and while this was a little more
eventful than The Bunker, it still wasn't all that great.
When R-Point was finally released, I could not wait to
see how South Korea handled the new subgenre and as an
end result I would have to say that it's pretty much the
same as the US and the UK handled it.
The movie is almost two hours long and while it's never
really dull, there's still not a lot of things going on.
And I don't mean that it picks up later, I mean that
there's never a lot of things going on, it doesn't go
anywhere. The movie can vaguely be called a ghost movie
as you rarely get to see these ghosts. I would rather
call it a psychological thriller. What made me so
frustrated was the fact that this had lots, and I mean
lots of potentially creepy scenes but they end in one
second and never get to become creepy. Another thing
which was pretty frustrating was that there is
absolutely no character development at all. Now, let's
say that someone dies, well, you won't notice it two
minutes later as he obviously didn't add anything to
the movie at all. In fact, no character adds anything
to the movie when you come to think about it.
By saying that I still don't mean that the acting is bad
though. Sometimes it can be a bit overacted but all in
all, it's pretty good. Now, South Korean movies are my
favourite when it comes to the quality. There is no
country in the whole wide world who knows how to shoot
a movie like South Korea. They are stunning! Just look
at A Tale Of Two Sisters and Hypnotized for example.
This is also brilliantly directed and shot in a way
that the US could never dream of. Beautiful to look at,
which probably saved the movie from being really bad.
You know, while we're at the topic, it seems as if
South Korean horror movies have lost the touch lately.
I've seen many so called horror flicks from Korea
which I would never refer to as horror. Even if they
look good, they still turn out to be more of a messy
drama movie than a horror movie. Some examples are
Hypnotized, Spider Forrest and Acacia. This is not
necessarily a bad thing but I would have to say that
I'd prefer it if they brought back some scares into the
genre like they used to. I'm a fan of jumping. Anyway,
in the end, this wasn't all that bad, could've been a
lot worse, I'm still a bit disappointed though, I really
wanted to like this movie.
A lot of blood splatter but most war movies are more gory
and gruesome than this was.
Very forgettable and definitely nothing special. There
are times that we get a hint of a soundtrack, which
somewhat resembles the theme melody in A Tale Of Two
Sisters, but mainly it's quiet.
I am so disappointed to have to say that this wasn't
anything special. It wasn't a bad flick, but it wasn't a
very good one either. It has a lot of potential but never
becomes really scary, in fact, it never becomes anything
really, it just goes on and on for almost two hours.
Beautiful to look at and not entirely unsatisfying but
still, I craved something more.
Review By: AnthroFred
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