Project Wolf Hunting (2022) Review

Hey everyone! Good to be back reviewing again. I have been watching a lot of K-dramas and Korean movies as well as Thai films that I needed to review.But I have to start with the one that captured my attention the most as it’s the most bloody, gruesome, with intriguing twists.

Project Wolf Hunting is a Korean film directed by Kim Hong-Sun and is his newest work after 3 years. The film is available streaming via Viu Premium. This film runs for 120 minutes starring various well-known K-drama and Korean cinema actors such as Seo In-Guk, Sung Dong-Il, Ko Chang-Seok, Park Ho-San and Jung So-Min. In this movie, the protagonist and antagonist will be revealed by the end of the movie. The character that you thought was the actual antagonist, might surprise you. During the promo and trailer, they only feature and highlight Seo In-Guk meanwhile, the character that seemingly has a lot of lines and is the important part of the film such as Jang Dong-Yoon wasn’t really highlighted in the trailer. This film itself was gripping, fast-paced, action packed though there were scenes that were totally dull.

The plot follows the story of a group of highly dangerous criminals who committed heinous crimes on the run from the Korean jurisdiction. They were captured in the Philippines and were soon about to be extradited. However, the Korean government learned from their previous mistakes from bombing incidents while transporting the convicts through Air. They decided to do it quietly using a cargo ship and without media attention. As they sail through the pacific ocean, the group of these criminals decide to riot causing bloodshed among the cops and the criminals. During the process, they awakened a beast which made them change from rioting to escape, to surviving the powerful beast’s attack.

In my opinion, this film was entertaining, thrilling but sometimes I can’t stomach the scenes as it was too bloody. Then, later on, I learned from IMDB, apparently, 2.5 tons of blood was used throughout the production of the film. It was then making a lot more sense as every action in that movie was bloody. It was even bloodier than your regular horror movies, even movies like Saw or Final Destination.

The characters itself didn’t really go too much of a character development. They were pretty static and almost as good vs evil plot until the beast introduced into the film which changes the course of it. Another lowkey character suddenly was the highlight of the movie which then revealed the secrets lying beneath that cargo ship. But from this film, I particularly like the acting of Seo In-Guk as Jong Du, a fearless and vile criminal. It’s interesting how he could stare a romance K-drama into someone vile and basically a 건달 which means a member of an organized crime.

In this film, don’t expect too much dialogue. It was pretty limited as there were a lot more action scenes than the talking. It’s definitely not a movie that you watch for its dialogues.

Another aspect that I find intriguing is the setting of Philippine. In recent years, I’ve seen some Korean dramas and films mentioning Manila and the Philippines. However, they were always mentioned in a crime, thriller film and series. It’s also often a stark contrast in terms of cinematography. When the set was manila and philippine, the colors were yellow and much darker in contrast to when they were filming in Korea or mentioning South Korea which has a lot more color to it and was showing a lot more that they are the “develop” ones.

If you enjoy watching anything bloody, gore, with twists, and less dialogues, this might be for you. If I were to rate this film based on my experience, it would be 5 out of 10. It’s not a high 6 because I feel like it could have done a lot better if there were quite a bit of dialogue and more explanation about what happened. I also think the scene when the boss gets a call while getting a blowjob by another guy was quite unnecessary.