While I give the film a 5, I'm not sure if it should be that high. I watched it and didn't fast forward and that is a good sign. They didn't laden the film with too much subtext so the plot moves along fairly quickly. Yet it didn't offer anything that we've not seen before.
But that moving of the plot along also made the movie oddly disjointed with chunks of the story left unanswered or touched on very briefly. Things like: *Why did an earthquake in one area destroy so much of the world? And that scene happened so fast and there was no explanation. And then suddenly we were in the future.
*After that kind of earthquake, why wouldn't people be out in rural areas for farming.
*A crocodile?
*How did the two hunters catch up to the same area where grandmother was killed? If the group left as early as implied then they'd have had a great head start.
*The ending comes as fast as the beginning. Just a passing reference to "staying here and rebuilding" and the visit to the grave. They could have added a few more minutes to show us the repercussions.
*What is "mister's" background? Everyone seems to know him.
"How did he save the girl before? That's just dropped on us.
*Where is all the security? Three people, one of whom is not a fighter, were able to break in and take out all the security. You'd think roaming gangs would have been able to do that to get access to the water.
*And really, rain at the last moment?
The acting wasn't bad but still fairly average. I liked some of the actors playing bit parts as parents more than some of the main characters. I like Ma Dong-seok in the few things I've seen him in and he did well but he's not the kind of actor that I see carrying out this role - even though I know he has a martial arts background.
So it's worth a watch but just put your brain in a holding pattern.
But that moving of the plot along also made the movie oddly disjointed with chunks of the story left unanswered or touched on very briefly. Things like: *Why did an earthquake in one area destroy so much of the world? And that scene happened so fast and there was no explanation. And then suddenly we were in the future.
*After that kind of earthquake, why wouldn't people be out in rural areas for farming.
*A crocodile?
*How did the two hunters catch up to the same area where grandmother was killed? If the group left as early as implied then they'd have had a great head start.
*The ending comes as fast as the beginning. Just a passing reference to "staying here and rebuilding" and the visit to the grave. They could have added a few more minutes to show us the repercussions.
*What is "mister's" background? Everyone seems to know him.
"How did he save the girl before? That's just dropped on us.
*Where is all the security? Three people, one of whom is not a fighter, were able to break in and take out all the security. You'd think roaming gangs would have been able to do that to get access to the water.
*And really, rain at the last moment?
The acting wasn't bad but still fairly average. I liked some of the actors playing bit parts as parents more than some of the main characters. I like Ma Dong-seok in the few things I've seen him in and he did well but he's not the kind of actor that I see carrying out this role - even though I know he has a martial arts background.
So it's worth a watch but just put your brain in a holding pattern.