The
Suspect
(2013/Well Go USA Blu-ray)
Picture:
B Sound: B Extras: D Film: C
In
many ways, the Asian action film The
Suspect
(2013) can be compared to The
Bourne Identity
films in that it is an exhausting array of quick cutting and tightly
shot action sequences. While not badly directed or staged, some
scenes seem to be directly translated from earlier American action
films like Casino
Royale
and even at times the film has a Michael Bay-esque feel with almost
too many explosions and close calls. Clocking in at a little over
two hours, The
Suspect
isn't necessarily bad or good but average. Its definitely not on the
same level as District
B-13
or The
Raid films.
Ji
Dong-chul (Gong Yoo) was once the top special forces agent in North
Korea, but after a change in political power, he was abandoned by his
government while on a mission. He goes on the run, seeking his wife
and daughter who were sold as slaves to China, only to discover their
corpses. When he learns that an ex-colleague was behind their
deaths, Dong-chul goes on a hardened vendetta for revenge, defecting
to the South to chase his family's killer. Now living incognito, he
searches for his nemesis during the day, and at night works as a
personal chauffeur for Chairman Park, a business executive with ties
to Pyongyang.
One
night the chairman is attacked and killed by an assassin, but not
before handing over a special pair of glasses to Dong-chul. The
South Korean intelligence service, a member of which frames Dong-chul
for the murder, goes on the hunt for the beleaguered former spy. The
manhunt is led by Min Se-hoon (Park Hee-soon), a colonel and drill
sergeant with whom Dong-chul shares a past, and Kim Seok-ho (Jo
Sung-ha), the director of the NIS. Aided by a feisty documentary
filmmaker (Yoo Da-in), Dong-chul goes on the run again while trying
to recover top-secret materials that his dying boss sent him to find.
Will he find these materials and clear his name? You'll have to
find out!
Aside
from almost the complete lack of extras (all we get is a short
trailer) the disc has a great transfer and sound. Sporting a 1080p
high definition transfer in a 2:39:1 widescreen aspect ratio. The
audio is superb with the original Korean DTS-HD MA 5.1 track that
brings your home surround sound system to life in glorious fashion.
English subtitles are of course included on the disc. Total run time
for the film is 137 minutes.
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James Harland Lockhart V
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