Review of Shiri

Shiri (1999)
3/10
Just another boring Hollywood wanna-be
17 March 2002
Warning: Spoilers
SPOILER ALERT!!

Of course the girlfriend was the assassin all along! I'm getting really tired of movies acting like simple plot twists are these MAJOR REVELATIONS. The gun-action was second-rate (anyone who's seen a single John Woo/Chow Yun-Fat collaboration would agree in a heartbeat), and I think the director knew this, so all of the 'action' scenes were shot with shaky handhelds, in a half-assed attempt to scream out to the audience, "HEY!! LOOK!! SEE THAT MOVEMENT??? IT'S ACTION!!" And if I have to watch one more film that goes to the well with the bomb L.E.D. countdown timer, I'm gonna go Section Eight on some producers!!!!

This beat the 'mighty' Titanic at the Korean box office? I'd hate to see what would happen if a real action film hit their shores...
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