Day 273 - The Big Swindle (Korean)

 

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Choi Chang-hyeok (Park Shin-yang) is driving in his car, when he suddenly finds himself followed by the police. In a nice car chase he tries to get away, but as his car emerges from a tunnel it goes over the side, down a cliff and he is killed in the burning wreck.
The reason he tried to get away, is that he had just left the Bank of Korea, where he was part of a scam, that got him and his four accomplices the neat sum of 5 billion won. He died, one of his accomplices was caught, and the other three disappeared – and so did all the money.
Eol-mae (Lee Moon-sik) was the one caught by the police, and they try to get him to talk and reveal the scam and his accomplices. In flashbacks we see how the plan was hatched, and get to know the criminals.
The police tries to find out more about the killed Chang-hyeok, and find his brother, who is the owner of a used book store. He has been at odds with his deceased brother, but now gets a big life insurance.
This interests Seo In-keong (Yeom Jeong-ah) very much. She has been living with Mr. Kim (Baek Yoon-sik), who is a veteran con-artist and the money-man in the scam. In-keong Seo got to know Chang-hyeok – and now wants to get to know his brother."

An interesting take on a heist film but it could have been much better. I enjoyed all of the twists in the film which made it more interesting but at times the film can see slow. Eventually we learn the truth since it was kind of obvious. Good acting all around I enjoyed seeing Yoo Sun in a cameo role. Yeom Jeong-ah did a wonderful job as she was my favorite character in the film. The film really left me wanting more as It really seemed slow then rushed at some parts and a little comical. There wasn't a lot of comedy thankfully, when there was comedy it was natural. Which is something to respect this movie for but I would suggest you watch this movie if you are having a movie night.

2/5