One of the most awaited South Korean movies of this month has to be Netflix’s Carter which fans have been looking forward to watching since its thrilling trailer. Starring the Good Doctor actor Joo Won in the lead role along with Lee Sun-jae, Kim Bo-min, and other cast members.
The story of Carter revolves around the agent of the same name who wakes up in a motel room with no recollection of his identity or his past. The only thing he knows is the instructions given by a voice that takes him on a dangerous mission to rescue a girl. If he doesn’t follow through with the orders then there’s only death awaiting this agent.
Netflix’s synopsis read:
A man wakes up missing his memories. Directed by a mysterious voice from a device in his ear, he sets off on a hostage rescue mission rife with danger.
-Carter Review does not contain spoilers-
Carter (2022) Review
The movie begins with a man in a motel room who wakes up to find the CIA trying to catch him. While he is unable to recall his memories and is shocked by the situation he is in. However, he soon hears a voice which helps him escape the clutches of the CIA while putting him up for a mission.
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As the movie proceeds, the man is unable to defy the voice in his head until he is able to get rid of the bomb. The curiosity to find out his identity is too tempting as he finally defies the voice and gives an agent from the CIA a chance to approach him. He soon gets back to his mission and goes through another round of running away from opposing forces.
The movie had done a good job of catching our attention with its trailer and bringing out excitement in the movie. There is no doubt that the trailer got our hopes up which may be one of the reasons why we are very disappointed with what we saw. The actors have definitely done a good job, but the illogical action scenes were a bummer.
Even if one did not watch the trailer, they would still find this a one-time watch only when you have nothing else to watch. The movie has numerous physics-defying action scenes that we just can’t come to accept and made this movie almost feel like a waste of time. Not to mention that the scene looked more like computer graphics.
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It is evident that the actors have put a lot of effort into the movie, but the dizzying camera work and the ending have really put me off. This could’ve been better, especially with an amazing actor like Joo Won in the cast; but things don’t work out the way we want. Instead, the Good Doctor actor was directly made into a killing machine that knows what it is doing without his memories.
Summing Up: Carter (2022)
There is not much to say, with a talented director and an amazing actor this movie has failed to meet expectations. For the amount of blood that is seen flowing everywhere, the action was not up to par. The camera work was definitely not the worst thing as the action scenes take the top place in everything bad about the movie.
Carter is a movie for people who like illogical action, so if you are not one of them then skip the movie before it makes you want to hit your head somewhere.
If you still want to satisfy your curiosity then watch Carter on Netflix.
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