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Secretly, Greatly

On By randomfanreviewsIn 15+ - Teens 15 or older, 2013, 3 out of 5 stars, Action, Bromance, Choi Woo Shik, Comedy, Drama, Go Chang Seok, Hidden Identity, Hong Kyung In, Hong Tae Ui, Kang Eun Tak, Kim Soo Hyun, Kim Sung Kyun, Lee Chae Young, Lee Gyoo Seop, Lee Hyun Woo, Lee Jae Woo, Lee Jung Hoon, Lee Yeon Kyung, Park Eun Bin, Park Hye Sook, Park Jung Gi, Park Ki Woong, Son Hyun Joo, South Korea, Spy, Sung Yoo Bin, Tragedy, Uhm Tae Goo, Won Hyun Joon, Yoon Ji WookLeave a comment

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A group of spies called the 5446 Corps were trained by North Korean elite special forces since their youth, ostensibly towards the lofty goal of unifying Korea. They are ambitiously dispatched to South Korea, where each disguises himself as a fool, an aspiring singer, and a high school student. Passing boring time without receiving any orders from the North, they gradually get used to life as ordinary neighbors in a small town until one day, their mundane lives are turned upside down when a “secret and great” mission is suddenly assigned to them. (Source)

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Secretly, Greatly a movie that took me for a surprise. I love the soundtrack that producers use for the film in fight scenes throughout the whole thing. I will say there is a little bit of bromance if you read between the lines. How I found this movie was a bl or bromance compilation video. I love how the actors portray their characters. I didn’t expect the ending to make me weep. The end is guessable, but I think as audience members we hope for the opposite. I won’t tell you if the tears were happy or sad tears. I will say I expected a whole different movie from the summary, but I’m satisfied with it. I feel like how they portray the three main characters having a brotherly bond play with the audience’s emotions. I enjoyed that the main focus was that they all had someone close to their hearts that they would rebel their whole country. Would I watch it again? I don’t think I would personally, however, I would watch it if I were showing someone who has never seen it or if it was on a streaming series available in my country.

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The Brother

On By randomfanreviewsIn 13+ - Teens 13 or older, 2 out of 5 stars, 2016, China, Hu Shi Wen, Li Heng Jian, No Actresses Names AvailableLeave a comment

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Excellent in his conduct and academic achievement Yun Yize and wild, unruly and mediocre student Ding Chen dislike each other, but because of an accident, Yize finds out that Ding Chen’s secret identity is actually Ding Chen illustrating the funny anecdotes on the youth of life on campus.
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Buddy Children/The Brother has a weird summary for it, but I have seen FMV about so I gave it a chance. I enjoyed the movie for the most part. However, I was not too fond of the ending. The ending has the opening feeling to it. You know the type where you, the audience, decide on what happened. I feel like opening ending has that almost safe space for director and writers to use. However, it works for only certain movies and shows. I think they should have closed this up with a close cut ending.

I would say it border on bromance and bl (boy love). It’s a movie that can be confusing to anyone who doesn’t pay attention to the plot. I didn’t get bored. It had my attention the whole time. The movie reminds me of a low budget movie that you would see on like YouTube, Tumblr, and other video streaming sites. The actors were normal for the film. The movie does have some funny moments. The film gives me that feeling like it could have been a show with less than ten episodes from the plan plot. I think it gives it more development to the characters. The only reason I am saying this is there is a plot hole that if it had more time to explain it would help with the development with the main characters relationship. Buddy Children/The Brother is a movie I would love to see be remade to a short show or just developed more. I would most likely not watch it again for the feel that it gives off to me. It just gives me the feeling of this movie was made to be viewed only once, maybe five times in your life if you want to see what you didn’t catch the first or second time.

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Cutter

On By randomfanreviewsIn 18+ Restricted (violence & profanity), 2016, 3 out of 5 stars, Bromance, Bullying, Choi Tae Joon, Crime, Drama, Friendship, High School, Human Trafficking, Jang Seo Kyung, Jung Ah Mi, Jung Jong Yul, Kim Shi Hoo, Kim Yoon Joo, Kwon Jung Min, Lee Seung Yeon, Mature, Murder, Obsession, Park Jin Soo, Rape, School, South KoreaLeave a comment

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Yoon Jae moves to a new high school and starts hanging out with Se Joon, a mysterious student. Needing money for his sickly mother, Yoon Jae accepts a job offer by Se Joon. However, he doesn’t exactly know what it is. This movie will bring out cold sweats as tension never ends. (Source)

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Warning rape and human trafficking is a central problem and topic in Cutter. I warn the audience to be wary when watching this film since it does have triggering themes. Eclipse/Cutter first off is difficult to describe. It starts precisely how the summary describes. The acting is severe throughout the whole film. It makes you think it based on a true story. However, from my knowledge that it is not. It sounds like something found on several reports that you hear from the news, articles, and so forth. The ending is quite bittersweet if you can get the message that the actors and writers were trying to get through without saying any words. Would you watch it again? I might if it come back to my attention. However, most likely not since it shows a rape scene that leaves a bad feeling in your stomach.

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