The South Korean film “Noryang: Deadly Sea,” the third and (definitely) final film in the trilogy after “The Admiral: Roaring Currents” (2014) and “Hansan: Rising Dragon” (2022), is often relentlessly epic and loud. in what you are expected to present on the screen. Again, it's all pretty broad and simple in terms of story and characters, and that made me quite distant at times from a series of shows, but I admired how it continued to the fated end without boring me or other viewers around me. .
The first part of the film establishes how the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592~1598) entered their final chapter due to the sudden death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the de facto leader of Japan who ordered his army to withdraw from Korea shortly before he died. in 1598. As a result, all Japanese troops in Korea embarked on abandoning Korea and at the same time became increasingly cornered by the allied forces of Korea and China, who were certainly more determined to end the war as soon as possible.
Director: Han-min Kim
Stars: Jeong Jae-yeong, Yeo Jin-goo, Huh Joon-ho
Surrounded by the naval troops of Admiral Yi Soon-sin (Kim Yoon-seok) and his Chinese ally Admiral Chen Lin (Jung Jae-young), General Konishi Yukinaga (Lee Moo-saeng) and other generals Japanese must make a decision. between their only two options: total surrender or open battle. Their time is running out day by day, and they are reminded again and again that Admiral Yi will not allow them to leave easily under any circumstances, and General Konishi comes to see that Admiral Yi must be held back by any means necessary.
Fortunately for General Konishi, there is someone who can distract Admiral Yi at least for a while, and that is Admiral Shimazu Yoshihiro (Baek Yoon-sik), who is the commander of the Japanese naval force. Although unwilling to save General Konishi from the current problem, Admiral Shimazu eventually changes his mind after being persuaded by a messenger from General Konishi, and he and his naval troops soon begin to depart towards where General Konishi and his troops have been trapped for several months.
Meanwhile, General Yi is clearly aware of what is going to happen sooner or later, but he has several problems on his side to face. In addition to still being haunted by the tragic death of one of his sons, he must persuade his Chinese ally to support him until the end of the impending battle, but Admiral Chen is not as willing to do so as to consider a more convenient solution. for him and for his enemies. Furthermore, General Yi learns that his king and several other high-ranking officials are already preparing for the aftermath of the war, and may be purged simply for being too famous and popular in the country once he is released. end the war. The war is officially over.
However, this growing problem makes General Yi even more determined to end the war on his own terms. No doubt things will be pretty risky for him and his naval troops considering how desperate his enemies are, but he's going to give his opponents hell for invading his country and, again, he has a clever strategy to corner his enemies. in One way or another.
Once everything in the story is set up and ready for what would become known as the Battle of Noryang, the film immediately goes into full speed action mode and, except for a few brief quieter parts, goes on and on with many scenes. actions for more than an hour and a half. You may feel numb from time to time, but the film never makes us get lost in the midst of numerous crashes and explosions thanks to the competent direction of director Kim Han-min, and Kim, who also directed the previous two films in the trilogy after to impress me and other South Koreans. Many Korean audiences with “War of the Arrows” (2011) prove once again that he is a good director of action films who knows how to captivate and excite us.
However, like its two predecessors, the film sometimes seems quite flat when it comes to characters. Kim Yoon-seok, whom you may remember from his electrifying performance in “The Chaser” (2008), is as charismatic and forceful as Choi Min-sik in “The Admiral: Roaring Currents” and Park Hae-il in “Hansan :Rising”. Dragon,” but once again, General Yi remains a merely imposing and honorable leader without much human complexity. General Yi was certainly an exceptional man in many ways, and Korea was very lucky to have a man as brave and intelligent as him, but here we never really got to know him or understand him much, except for his sheer will and determination, and that is why that the final ending, which by the way will not surprise or scandalize any surcor audience.
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