As we all know, American cinema has been pretty much dead for a while now, killed by greedy studios, boring franchise sequels and political correctness. So we're forced to look elsewhere, to South Korea in particular, but Mongolians, whoever saw that coming? This movie is low budget, has no star power and while not too original, it's competently directed and edited and the end result is surprisingly watchable and better overall than most non American crime thrillers. And American ones for that matter, if we leave out Dragged Across Concrete.
Plot summary
Working undercover on a human trafficking bust, maverick FBI agent Wade Dalton, captures Serick Ibrayev, a mysterious operative from the Mongolian underworld. With time running out, Wade must escort Serik back to Mongolia, and team up with hard-boiled police detective Ganzorig, to deliver Serik to court to testify against a crime Syndicate that will do anything to stop them.
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September 19, 2020 at 10:01 PM
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Quite decent actually
Contains some good action
Not a Oscar contender but a OK story with some good fight scenes although the body count is over the top
It does also contain some good comedy
You do need to know that Mongolia does have a lot of imported cars from Japan which is quite well exploited to good effect
A great surprise. A well made thriller with a different background
A Mongolian cop mistake will allow an organized crime boss to go free. His only chance is a prisoner coming to Mongolia with an FBI custodying him.
As always, corruption in the forces and the criminals made the delivery of the prisoner quite difficult so the three has to escape and try to survive while dealing with their own personal problems.
Looks cliched; but is not. The director play with cliches but makes unexpected but very logical turns that make the movie more interesting every moment.
The three unknown actors (at least for me) play their parts perfectly.
The movie does not tries to be Rush Hour. There are a few humor moments; mostly product of languages difficulties; but is mostly serious and quite violent.
With Oriental movies; the fights are the best part and this one is able to maintain credibility and cut your breath away.
The sentimental part (sometimes too much in Oriental movies) is quite controlled here. The final fight has the "Honor Among Criminals" theme but not abusive and the fight is in itself fast and breathtaking
In brief; it is not a completely original story but a lot of details make it work very well and the action is intense and realist enough