Film: The Plot (Seolgyeja/Korean)
Cast: Gang Dong-won, Lee Hyun-wook, Lee Mi-sook, Tang Jun-sang, Jung Eun-chae, Kim Shin-rok, Lee Moo-saeng
Director: Lee Yo-sup
Rating: 2/5
Runtime: 100 min

15 years after Hong Kong director Soi Cheang Pou-soi’s 2009 thriller ‘Accident’ hit the screens, comes this impostor copy from South Korea that sets to rework that film’s simple design into one so complicated that it becomes nonviable.

This film is about assassins who kill people at will by stage-managing accidents. It’s a concept film that strives to make this unbelievable plot credible and it does manage it to some extent. Once the thinking brain gets involved though, everything turns to dust. It’s a near impossible construct to orchestrate and solid editing, sound effects and cinematography are not nearly enough to lend conviction to a plot that has to adapt to fast-changing scenarios to be convincing. This film may not be credible but it is game, if at all.

Yeong-il (Gang Dong-won) and his team consisting of Wol-cheon (Lee Hyun-wook), Jackie (Lee Mi-sook) and Jeom-man (Tang Jun-sang) are working as contract killers who design their kill to resemble accidents. Still reeling from the death of a teammate (Lee Jong-suk) they get roped in for another kill - of a prominent political figure standing for the post of Attorney General(Kim Hong-pa), whose daughter Joo Young-seon (Jung Eun-chae) wants him sidelined permanently. The situation is tricky because of the high-profile nature of their target.