I guess Korean and Asian movie is a thing now thanks to Bong Joon-Ho and Parasite. This movie isn't anywhere close to the level of Parasite. Just saying this so people would have lower expectation.
The plot itself is something all immigrant can relate. But the actual execution of the movie... I don't know who it's being presented to. American audience would have very little they can relate and it's subtitled. Koreans would find that the acting other than Youn Yeo-Jung are not convincing enough. In fact, Steven Yeon's accent is distinctively 2nd generation Korean. His English is too good and Korean is too bad to be 1st gen Korean. He should've studied and trained harder. And then the director can't tell the difference either as he is also 2nd generation Korean.
Will Patton however was excellent. He needs to teach Steven Yeun on how to prepare for a character.
And there's difference between open ended movie and movies that just leaves you hanging. This is the latter.
The movie had potential to be much better. But in the end, falls short of what it could've been.
The plot itself is something all immigrant can relate. But the actual execution of the movie... I don't know who it's being presented to. American audience would have very little they can relate and it's subtitled. Koreans would find that the acting other than Youn Yeo-Jung are not convincing enough. In fact, Steven Yeon's accent is distinctively 2nd generation Korean. His English is too good and Korean is too bad to be 1st gen Korean. He should've studied and trained harder. And then the director can't tell the difference either as he is also 2nd generation Korean.
Will Patton however was excellent. He needs to teach Steven Yeun on how to prepare for a character.
And there's difference between open ended movie and movies that just leaves you hanging. This is the latter.
The movie had potential to be much better. But in the end, falls short of what it could've been.