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Kill Boksoon

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At work, she's a renowned assassin. At home, she's a single mom to a teenage girl. Killing is easy. It's parenting that's the hard part.
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Although its impact is blunted somewhat by meandering length and some cheesy visual effects, Kill Boksoon remains a pleasing punch to the gut for action fans.

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Robert Daniels New York Times 04/07/2023
From the two characters’ search for acceptance emerges a tender mother-daughter bond worth its weight in blood. Go to Full Review
Noel Murray Los Angeles Times 04/01/2023
Fans of over-the-top “John Wick”-style action movies and devotees of art-house cinema should each find something to like in “Kill Boksoon"... Go to Full Review
Quinci LeGardye Salon.com 03/31/2023
In this magnetic film, Bok-soon's dilemmas as a mother and the moments where they inevitably intersect with her work make for the most thrilling portrayal of work-life balance put to the screen. Go to Full Review
Joshua Polanski Boston Hassle 07/07/2024
The film gets somewhat sloppy with its ending, which undermines the development between mom and daughter. Go to Full Review
Nuha Hassan Nuha Hassan (Medium) 09/08/2023
Kill Boksoon shows a fair amount of emotional vulnerability within its characters, even though Byun could have explored their relationship’s complexities further. Go to Full Review
Jay Weissberg The Film Verdict 06/06/2023
The action sequences are well-done if not exactly thrilling, but the whole shebang is awfully predictable, and while Byun Sung-hyun toys with interesting notions of ethics and “doing the right thing,” that’s all just perfunctory window dressing. Go to Full Review
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M L @ALiviu Nov 6 kinda boring.. low action. See more Dave Darwin B Aug 30 One of the best Action films from South Korea... Tons of gore, lots of blood... Hell Yeah. See more Ryan H @RyGuy Jun 30 The Korean woman version of John Wick! See more Jared and jade L Jun 6 I found kill Boksoon to be an awesome movie. It had me engaged from start to finish. Not only was there alot of action but the plot and storyline all worked well with eachother. I will definitely watch again ☺️ See more Ben D 10/31/2024 Perhaps I viewed this at the wrong time, but I’m starting to feel “assassin” fatigue and haven’t even seen John Wick 4 (or the final season of Barry for that matter) yet. That aside, Kill Boksoon takes the typical sleek assassin story and grafts a single-mother/teen-daughter story onto it. Gil Bok-soon (Jeon Do-yeon, get it?) has an “A” rating as a contract killer for MK. ENT., her company. She has a 100% success rate and is worshipped by her peers and underlings. What she doesn’t have a 100% success rate in is understanding her darn angsty daughter (Kim Si-a) who is exploring lesbian proclivities with schoolmates. There’s simply too much here about Gil Jae-young (the daughter) that we don’t need to see. Cut a lot of this and the story doesn’t drag for 2 hours and 17 minutes. Fortunately, there are some fun and exciting fight scenes and training scenes — the training facility was the highlight of the movie and I could’ve used more of that — even if the “killing 20 guys in a crowded bar when like half of them have guns” gets ridiculous. In Kill Bill, at least it was 1 v. 88 with swords. The way she can foresee what will happen to her if she makes a particular move (like playing 3-D chess) is a cool effect. A plot hole for me also comes in the form of the mere stupidity of much of the plot. *Here be spoilers* Bok-soon is assigned a “show” that she refuses to carry out and because of this, she must die. This is moronic. She’s a top asset and it is nonsensical that seemingly intelligent people would destroy one of their most prized assets, assassin codes be damned. Assassin content is cooling on me, especially if it’s gonna drag. This is a good movie, but if you’re feeling the fatigue, maybe put it on the back burner and revisit it sometime next year. See more Jerod S 07/29/2024 Boksoon kills for a living - but when alliances at work go wrong, she struggles to balance being a mom and an mercenary. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis At work, she's a renowned assassin. At home, she's a single mom to a teenage girl. Killing is easy. It's parenting that's the hard part.
Director
Byun Sung-hyun
Screenwriter
Byun Sung-hyun
Distributor
Netflix
Production Co
Seed Films, Ssiat Film
Rating
TV-MA (Language|Smoking|Violence)
Genre
Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
Korean
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 31, 2023
Runtime
2h 17m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
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