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TUBE (2003) - April 20, 2004 (S)
Oh man. A stupid, convoluted Korean action movie. For the first half hour or so the movie doesn't even bother to explain what's going on. It's totally nonsensical. The bad guy is introduced but is given no motive until at least an hour into the movie. Then finally we find out that he is some kind of government-trained super assassin whose girlfriend (or wife?) may or may not have been killed by the main character (it isn't clear at all -- like almost everything else in this stupid, stupid movie). The main character is ultra-underdeveloped. Also two of the main female characters look quite similar, causing a bit of confusion. The movie finally picks up some steam with some good action and some decent character stuff towards the end, but it's too late by then. Plus then the movie does the unthinkable, killing off the main character. That's certainly not allowed in a cheesy action movie like this. Plus the bad guy doesn't die! That's just not right at all. The stuff in the subway control center kind of reminded me of the Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, but of course that movie was about a trillion times better than this crap-pile. *