Volcanic eruptions on the Chinese-Korean border threaten to throw the entire Korean peninsula into tectonic upheaval. Professor Kang has an unlikely solution. Despite the low possibility of success and with total collapse in the North, the President in the South approves the plan. It requires freeing a prisoner inside North Korea, stealing nuclear weapons, and setting them off inside a mine underneath the volcano. Sure.
I like Jo In-chang to some extend but he and his team need to dial back some of their annoying fraidy cat over-acting. I do like the Lee Joon-Pyeong character but the distance between the two men should be closer. In-chang should tap into his inner "I'm too old for this sh14" and drop the pregnant wife story. I don't mind the ridiculous The Rock action flick but unlike those movies, this one relies on some wrong sensitive politics and some bad characterizations. Instead of this outlandish caper, it would be easier to ask the Americans for help or even the Chinese. The movie should allow the Americans to be total A-holes before moving onto the stupid quest. As for the Chinese, the movie needs to specify clearly that those are criminal triads. The Chinese government already has nukes and they don't need NK nukes. Criminals would want the nukes to sell to the highest bidders. The Americans should target the nukes. They don't want loose nukes out there. That's where the South Koreans should run into them. The two groups would surprise each other with competing agendas at the nuclear storage site. I'm good with the ridiculous action but the bad politics makes no sense. I would also change In-chang and his group. They start out like one of those comedic incompetent squad of soldiers and that's not the right tone. Maybe I missed the comedy in this.
I like Jo In-chang to some extend but he and his team need to dial back some of their annoying fraidy cat over-acting. I do like the Lee Joon-Pyeong character but the distance between the two men should be closer. In-chang should tap into his inner "I'm too old for this sh14" and drop the pregnant wife story. I don't mind the ridiculous The Rock action flick but unlike those movies, this one relies on some wrong sensitive politics and some bad characterizations. Instead of this outlandish caper, it would be easier to ask the Americans for help or even the Chinese. The movie should allow the Americans to be total A-holes before moving onto the stupid quest. As for the Chinese, the movie needs to specify clearly that those are criminal triads. The Chinese government already has nukes and they don't need NK nukes. Criminals would want the nukes to sell to the highest bidders. The Americans should target the nukes. They don't want loose nukes out there. That's where the South Koreans should run into them. The two groups would surprise each other with competing agendas at the nuclear storage site. I'm good with the ridiculous action but the bad politics makes no sense. I would also change In-chang and his group. They start out like one of those comedic incompetent squad of soldiers and that's not the right tone. Maybe I missed the comedy in this.