Review: That was painful, really, it took everything I had to endure this movie, and the worst thing is that I decided to review it. I don’t really like to trash a movie but most of the things that I remember from this one are bad. I don’t have that much to say about it as the movie was too confusing and not interesting enough for me to really concentrate on the good points or even the storyline and development.

What really killed my viewing was the story. It’s so pointless, with no interesting development or events. It can put you to sleep in no time. The movie starts with an interesting premise then begins to push the development but seems to forget to explain to us what is going on. It's as if the filmmaker thought that we are able to read the character's minds. As for the investigation itself, it was not very interesting either, as most of the clues or hints were found by computer technology, or when someone finally decides to tell the truth. When we are at last granted with an explanation, you really wonder why they put so much trouble into telling you a story that could have been so simple if it was properly told.

This is really a shame as, the story could have been interesting if the development was able to put the viewers on the edge of their seat with high tension or a good mystery, instead of a complicated and pointless plot. At least the last part of the movie is more interesting but it’s already too late, as most of the viewers would probably have disconnected their SCART leads by that point.

The other terrible thing is the soulless characters. We can barely understand their motivations or thoughts, and most of them are really ordinary with no depth to their respective development. I suspect that this was caused by bad character conception rather than bad acting, because I was very impressed by Kim Yunjin's performance in 'Shiri' and 'Legend of Gingko', but she is far below her regular acting ability in 'Yesterday'.

Kim Seung-Wu play's Seok, who can be seen in 'Spark the Lighter' and 'Secret Tears', and again I was not impress by his presence on screen, even though he seemed to try his best, his character is uninteresting and unoriginal. Even the bad guy, played by Choi Minsu, is a real disappointment. Bad guys with great personality and cool design are always a winner in action movies, but not in this one. Bad guy Goliath is pretty simple and very average in his appearance. It seems that the producers wasted most of their time on a very complicated plot, and paid little attention to the characters.

At least the look of the movie is impressive, as the 3D futuristic outdoor scenes are very well done, even if they are used sparingly. Visually the movie is great, and apparently this is Jeong Yunsu's first movie, so I hope that next time he can work with a better script to support his artistic vision.

The few action scenes well done, mostly consisting of gunfights, and there are only a couple of fighting sequences. Even though the overall look of the movie is good, the fights are not as well realised, with quick edit tricks and close camera shots, you could simply not see what was going on.