Time to Hunt

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Movie
German title Time to Hunt
Original title Sanyang-ui Sigan ( 사냥 의 시간 )
Country of production South Korea
original language Korean
Publishing year 2020
length 134 minutes
Rod
Director Yoon Sung-hyun
script Yoon Sung-hyun
production Rhee Handae
camera Lim won-geun
cut Yoon Sung-hyun, Wang Sung-ik
occupation

Time to Hunt (Original title: Sanyang-ui Sigan , German about time of the hunt ) is a South Korean dystopian action film from 2020 by Yoon Sung-hyun .

action

The film is set in South Korea in the near future. Jun-seok has spent the past three years in prison. When he is released, it takes a while for him to understand how much South Korea has changed after the recent financial crisis. The drug trade and arms trade are flourishing. The won is no longer worth anything, and so is the booty of Jun-seok's gang's last raid. Nevertheless, Jun-seok decides to run off to Taiwan with his friends . A final coup is necessary: ​​a raid on a casino .

publication

Time to Hunt celebrated its world premiere on February 22, 2020 at the 70th Berlinale . The film was originally due to open in South Korean cinemas shortly afterwards. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the theatrical release was initially postponed indefinitely. Finally, the distributor Little Big Pictures decided to publish the film directly on Netflix and to refrain from a theatrical release altogether. However, there was a license dispute between the producer Little Big Pictures and the international distributor Contents Panda, which meant that the release was postponed indefinitely. On April 17, 2020, an agreement between Contents Panda and Little Big Pictures was announced that would allow it to be published on Netflix from April 23, 2020.

reception

Time to Hunt received mostly positive reviews. Deborah Young of the Hollywood Reporter attributes the film to the testosterone-driven action group, whose relentless tension is in itself a reward for fans of the genre. Furthermore, Time to Hunt is a socially conscious coming-of-age story, whose careful character development gives the whole thing a deep sense of realism. After Peter Debruge, director Yoon succeeded in building an atmospheric world. The killer Han reminds him of Anton Chigurh from No Country for Old Men . Jonathan Romney of Screendaily rates the film more critically. The atmosphere is too oppressive and monotonous. In addition, he does not make enough of his possibilities. So the casino robbery is not as exciting as it could have been. Jannick Nolting from Filmstarts rated Time to Hunt 3 out of 5 stars. The film has potential, but the dialogues are too clichéd. Nolting names the “brute” sound design as the attraction of the film, something that has rarely been seen in the cinema in this quality up to now. "When there is shooting in 'Time To Hunt', it thunders through the hall with a deafening thunder." This instills real respect for the rifle. The film could put the Hollywood action films of the past few years in its pocket, but it wastes too much time on the trivial. The German filmmaker Hasko Baumann thinks that Time to Hunt is a film that is primarily about the hunt itself, as in Bullet in the Head and Hitcher, the Highway Killer . The film was made fantastically and the shootings shone with a brutal tone. Also Katja Nicodemus responds to the tone of the film. This was brutal and felt like shooting 10 million bullets into the ear canals. She draws the conclusion: "Only Korean cinema can celebrate friendship and loyalty so stylishly in the post-crisis hell."

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Choi Ji-won: Netflix to exclusively release 'Time to Hunt'. In: The Korea Herald . March 23, 2020, accessed on March 23, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Patrick Brzeski: Netflix Unveils South Korean Slate of Seven Series, One Film. In: The Hollywood Reporter . March 22, 2020, accessed on March 23, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Lee Gyu-lee: Netflix halts 'Time to Hunt' release, promotion after injunction. In: The Korea Times . April 9, 2020, accessed April 9, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Lim Jang-won: “Time to Hunt” to be released on Netflix after distributing companies reach agreement. In: The Korea Herald . April 17, 2020, accessed April 1, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Tom Grater: Netflix Sets Korean Thriller 'Time To Hunt' For April 23 After Court Injunction Lifts - Update. In: Deadline. April 20, 2020, accessed on April 20, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Deborah Young: 'Time to Hunt' ('Sa-nyang-eui-si-gan'): Film Review. In: The Hollywood Reporter . February 22, 2020, accessed on March 23, 2020 .
  7. ^ Peter Debruge: 'Time to Hunt': Film Review. In: Variety . February 22, 2020, accessed on April 28, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Jonathan Romney: 'Time To Hunt': Berlin Review. A Korean crime thriller which fails to pay off. In: Screendaily. February 22, 2020, accessed on April 28, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Jannick Nolting: Review of Time to Hunt: Shots have never gone off like this. In: film starts. Retrieved April 28, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Nana Brink: The great joy of hunting. In: Deutschlandfunk Kultur . April 28, 2020, accessed May 5, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Katja Nicodemus: Ten million bullets. In: Zeit Online . May 14, 2020, accessed May 14, 2020 .