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did i tell u im a math genius? yea, its true. here, lemme prove it. i headed down to chinatown after work last nite to look for one dvd…”the returner“. sometime between not being able to find the dvd, and getting home…i ended up with two dvds. yea. i cant find one, so i buy two to compensate. its called fuzzy arithmetic. as a consolation prize for being unable to get “the returner” (which ill prolly get online now), i picked up 2009 lost memories and chinese odyssey 2002 instead. which in many respects, are both prolly better than returner. but thats not the point…my mind was set on returner. feh. anyway, i watched 2009 last nite, and ill prolly be watching chinese odyssey tonite. woo.
cin3matic contraband – 2009: lost memories
so what we have lined up today is another korean flick. except u couldnt tell that this was a korean flick at first b/c the majority of the movie is actually in japanese. 2009 is a co-production with both koreans and japanese in the crew. in the alternate world that is 2009, a pivotal assassination in 1909 never happened. as a result the korean nationalist movement never happened. korea dissolved into japan, who went on to win wwii on the side of the u.s. so in this world, two agents of the japanese bureau of investigation (jbi), sakamoto (an ethnic chosun) and saigo (a japanese), are investigating a series of events committed by the hurei-senjin, an underground korean nationalist movement, against the inoue foundation, a powerful japanese conglomerate. as sakamoto dives deeper into the intentions of the hurei-senjin as well as the inoue foundation, he begins to see that the world around him has been tampered with. and as he gets closer to the truth, he comes directly at odds with his partner, saigo, and the entire jbi.
if ur thinking this movie is a heady sci-fi plot twister, ud be wrong. its a tried and true blockbuster. so in essence, its not allowed to surprise u much. which isnt necessarily a bad thing. it takes the standard formula (read: action), mixes in a little intrigue, some exposition, and a little sci-fi-ness. slow-mo gunfights, high bodycounts, and a good amount of melodrama all make for an interesting movie outing. the slick production values and beautiful cinematography lend their polish to an already interesting package. while the ending was a little too pre-determined, you wont exactly be complaining abt it. the crazy ride of a movie that led you to the pre-packaged ending made it worthwhile.
