![]() Collectors would have benefited hugely by amplifying these two actresses roles. ![]() Besides being the team cheerleader, her character only contributes ever so slightly and from afar. So instead of having her participate in any meaningful way in regards to the fun tomb raiding and adventure side of Collectors, her role is relegated to more of a showpiece and a tool for adding contrived complications to the narrative.Īlso a let down, the energetic and cheerful Park Se-wan (No Mercy) as Dong-gil’s (perhaps?) younger sister Hye-ri, who demonstrates similar levels of genius with her quick wit and perfect drone flying skills, is largely sidelined while the men take care of the dirty work. The job title is cool, but she’s stuck playing a somewhat duplicitous personal assistant to the wealthy business executive and private collector Sang-gil (Song Young-chan). Shin Hye-sun ( Innocence) as the leading actress is a big draw for the film, but she finds herself confined to a very boring and mundane role as the elite art curator of ancient artifacts. Jo Woo-jin ( Rampant) as the self-proclaimed Indian Jones of Korea and Lim Won-hee (The Quiz Show Scandal) as the master digging ex-con are also quite enjoyable additions to the team.īut Collectors disappoints in how it rounds out the rest of its crew especially in regards to the females onboard. Lee’s return to the big screen sees him in a much more jovial role than that of recent in which fans of his softer side should appreciate. Lee Je-hoon (Time to Hunt, Bleak Night) anchors the gang as Dong-gil, the young grave-robbing prodigy. As in an Ocean’s 11 (2001), each crew member has their own distinct personality and set of skills that they bring to the team. Using these real national heritage sites, Collectors successfully creates a new kind of tomb raiding adventure.Ĭollectors does a great job bringing together an eclectic crew of robbers that make the heist a lot of fun. Korea answered my film prayers by centering Collectors around such a topic with its own form of ancient burial mounds. Ever since visiting Japan and learning of the mysterious megalithic burial grounds of ancient emperors and other royals called Kofun, I’ve longed for a tomb raiding adventure in Asia. Now, Dong-gu must put together an all-star crew of robbers including the self-proclaimed Indiana Jones of Korea (Jo Woo-jin) and the dig master of the shoveling arts (Lim Won-hee) to pull of the heist of a lifetime.įrom exploring the pyramids and underground tombs in the deserts of ancient Egypt through films like The Mummy (1999), to hacking through dense jungles in search of lost cities through films like Congo (1995) or Indiana Jones (1981-2008), tomb raiding and other hunts for ancient relics have always made for great adventure films. Dong-gu is approached by his associate, an elite curator in the antique art world (Shin Hye-sun), who offers him and a team of his choosing a fortune to pull of the high-risk theft of one of Korea’s national treasures buried within an ancient tomb in the heart of Seoul. ![]() He soon finds himself on the radar of a rich conglomerate head amassing a private collection of rare artifacts and other national treasures often acquired though black market dealings. The grave robbing phenom Dong-gu (Lee Je-hoon), who can pinpoint a treasure’s location just by tasting the soil, sends waves through underground antique and rare artifact trading circles after acquiring a rare golden buddha statue. But unlike 2012’s The Thieves, the eclectic characters in Collectors feel too confined to its very calculated script and fail to realize much life beyond the page. ![]() Collectors looks and sounds the part as it aims to win audiences over with its colorful ensemble cast and exciting locations. Starring: Lee Je-hoon (이제훈), Jo Woo-jin (조우진), Shin Hye-sun (신혜선), Lim Won-hee (임원희), Park Se-wan (박세완), Song Young-chang (송영창)Ĭollectors is a new South Korean heist caper film that pays homage to tomb raiding and bank robbing classics like Indian Jones and Ocean’s 11, but brings its own unique look to the genre by placing real Korean heritage sites including ancient shrines and tombs at the center of its heists. ![]()
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