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This is not heady stuff despite what writer/director Dong-oh Jo would have you believe. But approached from the right angle it can be amusing stuff.
“The Restless” is set in ancient Korea where demon slayer Yi Gwak (Woo-sung Jung) finds life difficult. In a series of flashbacks we learn that Yi Gwak was once living an idyllic existence with the love of his life Yon-hwa (Tae-hee Kim) before accusations of supernatural happenings dooms the poor girl. Despondent a lovelorn Yi Gwak is left to fend for himself (looking very homeless doing it I might add) when Ban-chu (Jun-ho Heo)
the leader of the empire’s elite Demon Slayers runs across him. Sensing a bond with the younger man Ban-chu recruits Yi Gwak who soon rises to second-in-command of the Demon Slayers. Alas Ban-chu is harboring a secret grudge against the ruling class which ends with Ban-chu and the rest of the Demon Slayers slaughtered in an attempted uprising. Our man Yi Gwak was smart enough not to go along with it and survived.
But wait that isn’t how our story begins. Before the events mentioned above we first meet up with Yi Gwak as a vagabond swordsman hiring out his demon-killing services to poor villagers. At one of his stops Yi Gwak’s Good Samaritan deed is rewarded with poison in his tea. The chagrin warrior flees into the woods where he falls and dies. Or does he? Yi Gwak wakes up in Midheaven a sort of fantastical happy-go-lucky land where dead souls come to prepare for reincarnation. And Yi Gwak has arrived just in time too because Midheaven is in chaos with Ban-chu leading yet another rebellion this time in search of a powerful amulet called the Holy Stone that would grant him the power to open a portal back to the world of the living. For you see even dead Ban-chu still has a grudge to settle with those damn royals…
If you think I’m done with the synopsis for “The Restless” you are mistaken. Guess who is in possession of that Holy Stone? That’s right the reincarnated Yon-hwa who now goes by So-hwa and has become a White Reaper one of the protectors of Midheaven. After her army of protectors is slaughtered by Ban-chu’s henchmen (composed of — yes you guessed it all those guys (and one gal) who Yi Gwak once called friends (and lover?) back on Earth) it’s up to Yi Gwak to race to the rescue. Although she is in possession of a very powerful amulet that could tear asunder Heaven and Earth So-hwa is curiously hapless and seems to always be in need of saving. The rest of the film follows Yi Gwak and So-hwa as they flee Ban-chu’s henchmen. Meanwhile Ban-chu sits in a pool of blood to gather his powers. Watch Restless Movie Online
Before you ask No I am not making any of this stuff up. “The Restless” really is that unnecessarily convoluted. Unfortunately all the plots and subplots do not result in a very deep film which is disappointing considering how much we’ve traveled just to get through all of them. The film can be easily broken down into a series of very mundane storylines: Ban-chu’s henchmen chasing after the Holy stone; one of the henchman (a henchwoman actually) still in love with Yi Gwak; and Yi Gwak trying desperately to convince So-hwa that she is his reincarnated lover.
While the script does provide little in the way of deep storylines our thespians don’t exactly rise to the occasion. Actress Tae-hee Kim alternates between looking bewildered and confused her expressive manga eyes stretched to their fullest potential. As for our hero Woo-sung Jun is in “Musa” form which means his hair and everything clinging to it does all the acting for him. Jun-ho Heo (“Dragon Squad”) as the villain is mostly hidden from view. It is never really explained how Ban-chu and his ex-Demon Slayers managed to attain such fantastical demon-like powers in Midheaven or why all of Midheaven are so incapable of stopping them. If just anyone with four henchmen can usurp Midheaven wouldn’t this thing happen a lot? To View The Full HD : Free movies to watch online
This is not heady stuff despite what writer/director Dong-oh Jo would have you believe. But approached from the right angle it can be amusing stuff.
“The Restless” is set in ancient Korea where demon slayer Yi Gwak (Woo-sung Jung) finds life difficult. In a series of flashbacks we learn that Yi Gwak was once living an idyllic existence with the love of his life Yon-hwa (Tae-hee Kim) before accusations of supernatural happenings dooms the poor girl. Despondent a lovelorn Yi Gwak is left to fend for himself (looking very homeless doing it I might add) when Ban-chu (Jun-ho Heo)
the leader of the empire’s elite Demon Slayers runs across him. Sensing a bond with the younger man Ban-chu recruits Yi Gwak who soon rises to second-in-command of the Demon Slayers. Alas Ban-chu is harboring a secret grudge against the ruling class which ends with Ban-chu and the rest of the Demon Slayers slaughtered in an attempted uprising. Our man Yi Gwak was smart enough not to go along with it and survived.
But wait that isn’t how our story begins. Before the events mentioned above we first meet up with Yi Gwak as a vagabond swordsman hiring out his demon-killing services to poor villagers. At one of his stops Yi Gwak’s Good Samaritan deed is rewarded with poison in his tea. The chagrin warrior flees into the woods where he falls and dies. Or does he? Yi Gwak wakes up in Midheaven a sort of fantastical happy-go-lucky land where dead souls come to prepare for reincarnation. And Yi Gwak has arrived just in time too because Midheaven is in chaos with Ban-chu leading yet another rebellion this time in search of a powerful amulet called the Holy Stone that would grant him the power to open a portal back to the world of the living. For you see even dead Ban-chu still has a grudge to settle with those damn royals…
If you think I’m done with the synopsis for “The Restless” you are mistaken. Guess who is in possession of that Holy Stone? That’s right the reincarnated Yon-hwa who now goes by So-hwa and has become a White Reaper one of the protectors of Midheaven. After her army of protectors is slaughtered by Ban-chu’s henchmen (composed of — yes you guessed it all those guys (and one gal) who Yi Gwak once called friends (and lover?) back on Earth) it’s up to Yi Gwak to race to the rescue. Although she is in possession of a very powerful amulet that could tear asunder Heaven and Earth So-hwa is curiously hapless and seems to always be in need of saving. The rest of the film follows Yi Gwak and So-hwa as they flee Ban-chu’s henchmen. Meanwhile Ban-chu sits in a pool of blood to gather his powers. Watch Restless Movie Online
Before you ask No I am not making any of this stuff up. “The Restless” really is that unnecessarily convoluted. Unfortunately all the plots and subplots do not result in a very deep film which is disappointing considering how much we’ve traveled just to get through all of them. The film can be easily broken down into a series of very mundane storylines: Ban-chu’s henchmen chasing after the Holy stone; one of the henchman (a henchwoman actually) still in love with Yi Gwak; and Yi Gwak trying desperately to convince So-hwa that she is his reincarnated lover.
While the script does provide little in the way of deep storylines our thespians don’t exactly rise to the occasion. Actress Tae-hee Kim alternates between looking bewildered and confused her expressive manga eyes stretched to their fullest potential. As for our hero Woo-sung Jun is in “Musa” form which means his hair and everything clinging to it does all the acting for him. Jun-ho Heo (“Dragon Squad”) as the villain is mostly hidden from view. It is never really explained how Ban-chu and his ex-Demon Slayers managed to attain such fantastical demon-like powers in Midheaven or why all of Midheaven are so incapable of stopping them. If just anyone with four henchmen can usurp Midheaven wouldn’t this thing happen a lot? To View The Full HD : Free movies to watch online
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