Jang Tae-Young is a popular trouble shooter in the criminal world. He is cold and ambitious. He dreams of building a casino hotel one day. A reporter then goes to Jang Tae-Young.
| Tagline | Only the real one takes all. |
| Release Date: | Jun 28, 2017 |
| Genres: | Action, Crime, Thriller |
| Production Company: | CJ Entertainment |
| Production Countries: | South Korea |
| Casts: | Kim Soo-hyun, Sung Dong-il, Lee Sung-min, Sulli, Jo Woo-jin, Kim Hong-pa, Jeong In-kyeom, Choi Kwon, Ko Kyu-pil, Han Ji-eun, Jung Yi-seo |
| Status: | Released |
| Budget: | $0 |
| Revenue: | 0 |
While the movie had multiple flaws in story flow and pace, I don't think Real was the flop material it turned out to be in the end. The story could've been handled much better and Kim Soo-hyun's performance was brilliant but even his acting was shadowed by the pretentious confusion the movie caused. It had good light use though, so the visuals deserve some praise. I can see what they aimed with a modern touch to the classic Korean Revenge Cinema genre but I'm afraid they failed. Still, as I said, I've seen worse movies that got weirdly praises for being below average and the way this film was slandered by the Korean audience is a bit interesting to me. I hope to see actor Kim in more daring roles after seeing how well he did in this one, but due to the failure of the movie itself I sadly believe he will ignores projects as such from now on.
