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‘The Roundup: Punishment’ Review: Don Lee Thrills And Blood Spills In Fun, Stylish Police Action Thriller From Korea – Berlin Film Festival
‘The Roundup: Punishment’ review: Don Lee thrills and blood spills in action thriller movie from Korea that premiered at the Berlin Film Festival.
From that point on, these films are all about flying fists, smashed plate glass and masterly camera moves that extract the maximum possible from the very variable martial arts skills the dozens of combatants bring to the table. A few small-fry drug dealers and gambling profiteers are brought in for questioning or stabbed before they can give the game away, adding color to proceedings, but the main target is a crypto-currency entrepreneur, Chang Dong-cheol (Lee Dong-hwi), who is using online casinos as a clearing house for his essentially worthless millions. Ma Seok-do, as befits a big man working the tough end of town, says little beyond lines like, “I really need to catch these guys.” We never know whether he has a home, let alone a family; the closest anyone down at the station gets to having a personal life is sharing take-out noodles while discussing who they’ll shake down next.
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