Movie Review: Kill Boksoon (2023)

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Title: Kill Boksoon
Screenwriter and director: Byun Sunghyun
Genre: Action, thriller 
Release date: March 31, 2023
Duration: 2 hour 17 minutes 
Watched on Netflix 

Gil Bok Soon is a single mother. She is also a lethal killer, with a 100% success rate on contract killings. She works for M.K. Ent, which is run by Cha Min Kyu. He has trained Gil Bok Soon as a killer, and they hold mutual respect for each other. At the same time, Gil Bok Soon is aware that Cha Min Kyu is a dangerous person who can take away everything from her.

Cha Min Hee is the younger sister of Cha Min Kyu, and she works as an executive at M.K. Ent. She doesn't show her feelings to other people. Han Hee Sung is a killer for M.K Ent. He is highly skilled at his job, but he is not recognized by others for his work.

Right before Gil Bok Soon is set to renew her contract, she gets involved in a kill-or-be-killed confrontation.

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So, where should I start? Kill Boksoon is the latess movie that I recently watch. I decided to watch it because Jeon Doyeon. Moreover, the poster for this movie is awesome. I just love the coolness of Doyeon there.

The Story

To be honest, the premise for this story is intriguing for. It told the story of Boksoon (Jeon Doyeon) as a renowned assassin. She is known as the high-ranked killer in her company. Yet, in home, she is a single mother with one teenage daughter. 

Well, of course killing maybe is so much easier for Boksoon than parenting. But, she has to do both since her daughter need her.

The Opinion

At first, I love how we can see a lot of beautiful action scene from Boksoon. Doyeon can perfectly portrayed Boksoon as an assassin very well. I mean, you can believe that she is a skilled assasin with her acting and attitude. 

Then, if I remember correctly, the assasin business reminds me a lot with the idol training system. The soon to be assassin should have a trainee period before they are 'debuting'. So much reference from idol system, right?

As much as I love the action scene and premise, I felt that the plot of the story is flawed. There are many things that I didn't get it. Start from the politics of the assasin company, the background story of Boksoon so she was motivated to be a killer, the story of Boksoon's daughter, Jaeyeong (Kim Sia), and that weird relationship between Chairman Cha (Sol Kyunggu) and his sister, Director Cha (Esom).

Even though I tried so hard to understand it, I just couldn't engage with most of the plots from this movie. I felt a lot of elements that has been forced to appear in the story.

Aside from that, I am so happy that there's Lee Jaewook here. Yes, he is appeared as the young Chairman Cha. I can feel his charisma when playing that tiny role!


Conclusion

I don't know why, but I just feel the story is lacking in so many ways. I couldn't engage with it. I also hard to find an emphaty for Boksoon or her daughter. It's hard for me to love this movie.

Well, it's just my personal preference, tho. I still like the thriller action part and how Doyeon giver her all for Boksoon's role.

Trivia: 
I just realized that Boksoon's name is 길 복순 that can be romanized into Kil Boksoon ㅋㅋㅋ

So, 6 out of 10 stars from me.

Sincerely,
Ra
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