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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 From the two characters’ search for acceptance emerges a tender mother-daughter bond worth its weight in blood. Apr 7, 2023 Full Review Noel Murray Los Angeles Times 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"... Apr 1, 2023 Full Review Quinci LeGardye Salon.com 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. Mar 31, 2023 Full Review Joshua Polanski Boston Hassle The film gets somewhat sloppy with its ending, which undermines the development between mom and daughter. Jul 7, 2024 Full Review Nuha Hassan Nuha Hassan Kill Boksoon shows a fair amount of emotional vulnerability within its characters, even though Byun could have explored their relationship’s complexities further. Sep 8, 2023 Full Review Jay Weissberg The Film Verdict 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. Jun 6, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Ben D 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. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/31/24 Full Review Jerod S Boksoon kills for a living - but when alliances at work go wrong, she struggles to balance being a mom and an mercenary. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 07/29/24 Full Review Miguel M Una entretenida pelicula de asesinos, ¡Quiero mas peliculas como esta! Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/24 Full Review Rethabile N Need a sequel. Great film. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/21/24 Full Review Haiden K It was a great movie totally worth the watch and Gil Bookson was an awesome main character Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 12/27/23 Full Review B- the story builds up well and the ending was good but calling this a perfect movie would be a long stretch. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/15/23 Full Review 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
Byeon Seonghyeon
Screenwriter
Byeon Seonghyeon
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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