![]() The true standout however, is Kim Sung-oh’s antagonist, Ki-tae. Don Lee does his best with the material that he is given and does a serviceable job in portraying Dong-chul with a quiet intensity with flashes of ferocity and desperation. The characters and performances in Unstoppable are what one would come to expect in this type of film. ![]() Alas, the overall execution ultimately results in an instantly forgettable film that is starting to make this new wave of Don Lee action movies appear tired and redundant before it even gains any significant traction. As he follows the trail that leads to Ki-tae and punches his way through various baddies, the movie sets itself up to be a perfectly digestible action-thriller in the vein of Taken. Desperate to find his abducted wife, Dong-chul sets out on a mission recover her with the aid of his companion Choon-sik (Park Ji-hwan) and a private investigator, Mr. While driving home one night, a chance encounter with Ki-tae (Kim Sung-oh), a leader of a human trafficking ring and his henchmen, leads to Ji-Soo being kidnapped in the middle of the night by Ki-Tae and his crew to be sold into prostitution. This particular installment centers around the character of Dong-chul, a down-on-his-luck ex-gangster now working for a fishing company who’s continuous failed business ventures have placed him and his wife, Ji-soo (played by Song Ji-hyo) in a financial crisis. His films are being released in such rapid succession (it hasn’t even been a month since The Villagers hit theatres) that they appear to be manifesting into a sub-genre of their own. ![]() ![]() Review: Unstoppable (성난황소), which literally translates to “Raging Bull†is the most recent entry in the seemingly ever-growing library of Don Lee (a.k.a. ![]()
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