Purely Joyful Movie!

Pretty Good

A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

RUNNING TURTLE is a lively but forgettable South Korean thriller with plenty of quirkiness to see it through. Plot-wise it's familiar stuff indeed, a kind of mix between THE CHASER and A HARD DAY, following the story of an unlucky cop who loses some ill-gotten loot and goes after the thief who stole it. The lead role is played by Kim Yun-seok, previously of THE CHASER, and he does his usual frustrated/driven to the edge personality stuff very well. Jung Kyung-ho does very well as the slick villain of the piece too. The rest of the film is a well-directed mix of solid action scenes, some suspense, lots of bizarre situations, and the usual Korean mindset.

A cop with a gambling problem that has wrecked his life finally wins big, only to have his winnings stolen by an escaped super thief. Desperate to get the money back, which he thinks he will fix his life, he gives chase.A comedy action film that doesn't really have a great deal of wither. Its basically a a retread action comedy that I've seen played out any number of times in films from around the world. It leaves a feeling of been there and done that better. I was about 45 minutes in when I realized I wanted to see how it was coming out, but at the same time I didn't really care... and that I would probably never watch it again.Its the sort of thing that makes you understand the IMDb comments of it not making any real impression on the reviewers

I didn't really enjoy this movie at all, I especially hated all the characters in this movie, especially the criminal cause he tries to act all charismatic and stuff but he simply is not. It just wasn't that entertaining and the film felt a bit too narrow to the point everything is so predictable. Although this isn't one of the worst I seen of this type of genre but it's far from the best. It just feels like a waste of time after watching it though. Overall it's a pretty dull movie from beginning to end, and I didn't even think the action sequence was that good either.4.5/10

Gotta hand it to the director or write of this one. That they want to make such a movie - about a mediocre cop - raising out of his way.Not sure if the theme is persistence of character study of a certain type of ppl. It works for me. You want to be at the side of the underdog - the lead that is not particularly successful, not particularly well-like; hasn't accomplished much - the every man ? The story goes the main character, who is also a cop, came to some winnings but was stolen. And he wants it back, because, on principle, the winning was his. But the bad guy is smart, tough and knows how to fight. The cop fails many many times, - like the turtle in a race with the rabbit. However, it is through persistence (and character?) he wins, nothing else.And I don't think I've can recall this theme has been made before ?