JAKARTA

Country: South Korea
Release Year: 2000
Genre: Comedy / Mystery
Language: Korean

[Cast]
Sang Jung Kim
Da Hun Yun
Chang Jung Lim
Hee Kyung Jin
Jae-Eun Lee
Se Jun Kim
Jun Gyu Park

[Director]
Cho Sin Jung



SATISFACTION...

...is what you will get after viewing this Korean movie delight.

Right from the very beginning without hesitation, it throws you right in the middle of the action. Apparently we (the audience) are to be witnesses to one of the most organized, disorgarnized bank heist in history! Or is it?

Well in Korean movie history anyways because not only do we bare witness to a single group of baddies planning their next heist of the century. We have not one,.. not two,.. but three groups! That's right, three groups of would be bank robbers planning their next bank heist of the century.

But there's just one single solitary problem, and it's a big one. It's that all three of them have the SAME plan, to rob the SAME bank, at the SAME time! Now what could be more disastrous than that? It's hilarious madcaps, beautiful plot twisters, and muliple maybe even triple backstabbings ensues.

The formula to make an entertaining action, caper, comedy is well thought out in JAKARTA. Because you have three groups of bank robbers who not only will have to compete with the cops and the law, but also with each other.

The first of these groups are three happy go lucky bandits who are very thorough at the planning of the bank heist. The second group are two ex-cops turned thugs who both want to have an early retirement nest egg. The third group is the vice president of the bank itself who wants the easy way out, with the help of his secretary who would do anything for him.

All I can say is WOW! this movie will keep you guessing right through the very end, although it throws hints all the while. No matter how good one is at solving the mystery, it isn't as good, and satisfying as it is when revealed.

The movie keeps you at such a steady pace but as you keep watching, the movie switches into a higher gear, and it will never slow down. To mention anymore details would be to ruin one's viewing pleasure, so I'll stop now.

Technically there isn't anything bad that to mention about JAKARTA. As with any other Korean productions the quality certainly is of high values. One thing I also noticed in Korean movies is that, there's always a number of interesting characters.

There's no shortage here. Upon viewing JAKARTA, I can guarantee you'll be laughing you're pants off! Not to mention brilliant mind benders scattered throughout the flick. Another Korean gem!