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Actors: Suk-kyu Han, Min-sik Choi, Yoon-jin Kim, Kang-ho Song
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Shiri |
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SHIRI (Swiri) is a Korean movie written and directed by Je-gyu Kang in 1999.
For five years now, Hee, a member of the special forces of the North Korean army, is methodically killing important members of the South Korean scientific or diplomatic communities. Two SK agents, Lee and Yu, are assigned to stop the young woman.
They soon find out that other members of the NK special forces are present in Seoul. These terrorists have just hijacked a shipment of a new liquid explosive called CTX and they've hidden CTX bombs everywhere in Seoul. Lee and Yu will have to face not only the dangerous Hee but also Park, Hee's boss and trainer.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Shiri |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 50%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Spying & Terrorists
Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets:
- Preventing bomb/biohazard/disaster
- finding an assassin
Technology/treasure/info search
Yes
involving:
- special bomb
The terrorist enemy is...
- terrorist group
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- government investigator
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- deluded
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Other Asian
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn, straight
Body type
- average (woman)
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Other Asian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- terrorist
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Other Asian
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Asian country:
- the Koreas
City?
Yes
City:
- wealthy
Misc setting
- scientific labs
- building
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- dozens
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 6 (an above average amount)
Kind of violence:
- mission to destroy something
- karate chop
- hand to hand
- guns
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- poisoning
- flamed
- decapitated
- perforation--bullets
- perforation--swords/knives
Non-American film?
Yes
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- None
Lot of special effects?
Yes
Kinds of F/X
- exploding vehicles
- exploding bombs
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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