If I asked what Liam Neeson has done lately, about everyone could answer: “He has been playing in the same film for 20 years.” The gruff and besieged badass dad is essentially a creation of the actor himself at this stage. Since the French gave Neeson the star a makeover of the action film with “Taken” in 2008, the Irish actor was suspended in a time loop which makes him play the same injured father who is really good for shooting people again and again.
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“Unknown” “” “non-stop”, “Run All Night”, “Honest Thief”, “The Commuter”, “Cold Pursuit”- The “taken” clones kept coming, which was not necessarily so bad. Neeson had long proven his actor skills, and although his new action character was not necessarily going to produce the best films of Liam Neeson, Films “Old Man Liam Neeson” to classify.
Believe it or not, in the middle of this apparently relentless calendar of the filming action film after an action film, Neeson actually found the time to appear in other projects. “Operation Chromite” is surely one of the most interesting and underestimated of them, and even associated the actor alongside Lee Jung-Jae of the reputation of “Squid Game”. Was it good? Not according to most criticism. But it remains interesting not to be an actuator of “old man Neeson” released in the last decade.
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Liam Neeson took a break for a film from the South Korean war
“Operation Chromite”, or “Battle for Incheon: Operation Chromite” as it was known in the United States, is a film of the South Korean war on the Battle of Inchon, a pivotal moment of the Korean War which shot the trend against the North Korean invaders. The 2016 film brings together the planning and deployment of Inchon’s landing, which took place between 15 and 15 and 15 and 15 and September 15, 1950, and which involved the American and South Korean troops entering the country at the port of Inchon near the South Korean capital, Seoul. The operation was planned and supervised by the American general Douglas MacArthur, who is played by Liam Neeson in the film. Lee Jung-Jae embodies Captain Jang Hak-Soo of the Navy Intelligence Unit Rok, a former Korean soldier who defected to the south after having witnessed the execution of his father by soldiers from the North. Under the vigilant eye of the general, Hak-Soo leads seven other members of the Intelligence Unit of the Korean Liaison Bureau (KLO) while they disguise themselves in North Koreans to infiltrate the North Army Command Center in Incheon.
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Although on the basis of very real events, “the chromite operation” presents a somewhat fictitious vision of the titular company, which resulted in decent socket at the box office. The film opened its doors in the front row of its native South Korea, continues to $ 49.2 million at the global box office on a declared budget of $ 12.7 million. Unfortunately, however, the film has not succeeded too well with criticism. “Operation Chromite” currently has a note of 40% on Rotten tomatoesA number that falls to 25% for the so-called “best criticisms”. Even ostensibly “fresh” criticisms are not all this kind in the film of the Korean War, with EmpireThe journal stating that the project could have done with “less gravelly speech Liam Neeson”. Nigel Andrews of the Financial Times, however, was much less forgiving in his criticisms, saying that the film is “so bad that it is almost bewitching”.
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Overall, criticisms were not too impressed by the film’s script, predictable action clichés or Neeson’s performance. The film apparently saw the actor falling more wood than ever, which is a shame since it could have been a nice little reminder of the talents of man in the middle of the “taken” actuators. At least we can hope that he laughs at these films when Neeson plays in the next restart of “Naked Gun”.
The Chromite operation was a success (commercially)
As disappointing as criticisms were for “the chromite operation”, it is undeniable that the South Korean excursion of Liam Neeson was a success in his country of origin. As The Hollywood Reporter Noticed during the opening weekend of the film, “Operation Chromite” “exceeded Hollywood imports like” Suicide Squad “,” The Secret Life of Pets “and” Jason Bourne “, which ranked third, fourth and sixth respectively.” The film also had the biggest opening for a film in Korean language in the United States. It should be noted that part of the film’s budget was also funded by the crowd. Produced with a budget of around 12 billion Korean won (around $ 12 million), the film received 500 million won ($ 447,700) of crowdfunding donations, with 288 people investing in its production. It may not be so surprising, because the titular operation is considered a legendary military moment in the history of the country.
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Thus, while Neeson could regret leading in one of his best criminal thrillers (no, it is not “taken”, even if Neeson was embarrassed by the script of this film), he can surely feel at least a little proud of his film of the South Korean war. However, man did not seem too optimistic when he spoke to ThR, which quoted him as said:
“North Korea and South Korea signed an armistice in 1953 and the two countries are still essentially at war. It is a horrible situation and in the light of very recent events [such as the Sony hack] We are all not only as filmmakers, but as citizens of this world, very worried. “”
It is a new way of promoting your film, but hey, it made money, even if the criticisms were not convinced by the dark perspectives of Neeson. Interestingly, the continuation, “The Battle of Janga,” played Megan Fox as a fictitious American journalist named Maggie, although Neeson was nowhere in sight for 2019 follow -up. In fact, “The Battle of Janga” has made the best Megan Fox films for Megan Fox for his discreet but solid performance. Too bad the same thing is not said for Neeson’s work on “the chromite operation”.
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