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The President's Last Bang (2005)

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Reviews Counted: 30

Fresh: 24

Rotten:6

Average Rating: 6.8/10

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Theatrical Release:Oct 14, 2005 Limited

Synopsis: October, 1979, Seoul... A private dinner party for the President and his three closest confidants — his Chief Bodyguard, his Chief Secretary, and the Director of the Korean CIA ... A struggle... October, 1979, Seoul... A private dinner party for the President and his three closest confidants — his Chief Bodyguard, his Chief Secretary, and the Director of the Korean CIA ... A struggle between the three for the President’s influence... When the night’s female entertainment arrives — the pop singer of the moment and a budding starlet — the KCIA Director leaves the room and announces to his stunned agents that he’s going to shoot their President... 24 hours that shocked and changed South Korea forever is brought to the screen by Director Im Sangsoo in THE PRESIDENT’S LAST BANG. --© Kino International [More]

Starring: Baek Yun-Shik

Starring: Baek Yun-Shik

Director: Im Sang-soo

Director: Im Sang-soo
Studio: Kino International

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11/11/06
Stuart Klawans
Nation
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Full Review Source: New York Magazine | comment Comment
05/12/06
Ken Tucker
New York Magazine
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I found it muddled and un-engaging.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
04/14/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
03/04/06
Reel.com

what the film lacks in depth it makes up for in Hong Kong-style punch, with vivid cinematography and powerfully choreographed action.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
03/03/06
Janice Page
Boston Globe
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In the end it's probably best to say, glad I saw it, but not sure I got the most out of the experience. My advice: Do a little history homework first.

Full Review Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel | comment Comment
01/19/06
Laura Kelly
South Florida Sun-Sentinel

The President’s Last Bang has been extremely well made, and its cast deftly walks the thin line between reality and parody. Perhaps the players do it a bit too well.

Full Review Source: Kansas City Star | comment Comment
12/20/05
Robert W. Butler
Kansas City Star

... the way it brazenly mixes matter-of-fact brutality with the deadpan comedy of the fumbling execution and slapdash cover-up is inspired...

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
12/12/05
Sean Axmaker
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

The off-kilter humor is a welcome contrast, and the performances are strong, particularly by Baek as the increasingly unhinged patsy.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
12/10/05
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

The President's Last Bang comes off as all too ridiculously believable.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
12/09/05
Ted Fry
Seattle Times

The gallery of Park's cronies and sycophants are presented as buffoons, but as the violence starts, the narrative thread gets hopelessly tangled.

Full Review Source: Salt Lake Tribune | comment Comment
12/09/05
Sean Means
Salt Lake Tribune

It's riveting and unsettling, but, as powerful as it is to watch, because of its basic, panoramically broad conception, it may not really stay fixed in the memory.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
12/06/05
David Noh
Film Journal International

Although a tad long-winded and plodding, it's vigorously acted and persuasive, leaving the viewer to suspect that Im's account, drawn from historical records, could be pretty close to the truth.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
11/30/05
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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In the end, the film develops an amusing entertainment out of dire circumstances.

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11/27/05
Jules Brenner
Cinema Signals

This meticulously well-made picture is disarmingly funny at times ... but also subdued and straight-faced, with one eye planted on 1979 and the other on the violent student demonstrations looming in the distance.

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11/23/05
Scott Foundas
L.A. Weekly

A few elements of the film are lost in the translation...[but] for all that, The President's Last Bang is entertaining and swift-moving.

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11/23/05
Andy Klein
Los Angeles CityBeat

An alchemical brew of balls and technical brilliance.

Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | comment Comment
11/19/05
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central

Im Sang Soo is, film by film, challenging the way modern South Koreans think and behave.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
11/18/05
G. Allen Johnson
San Francisco Chronicle
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A virtuoso slice of sustained black humor.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
11/18/05
Derek Elley
Variety
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[Doesn't] play as well to the viewer without historical or cultural context.

Full Review Source: New Times | comment Comment
11/17/05
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times
 
 
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