Night in Paradise (2021)

a decent execution of what couldve been an extraordinary film

i hadnt read the synopsis so i was going into the film with no expectations whatsoever. it was a pretty solid melodrama and the cinematography , soundtrack, and palette set the mood perfectly. on the downside, the plot was incredibly predictable, there was no room for surprises or hope for an ending besides the one youd imagine. there also wasnt nearly enough of a set up for the story, we're kind of just shoved into it. *some events* are the driving factor of the plot, but those events happen so early on with no introduction so they really lack shock value. same for the characters, we dont get to know them enough to care about what happens to them. of course as youre watching the film you want to know what happens, but youll probably forget you even watched it tomorrow. this is unfortunate as the cast, storyline, and everything else was great, but the execution and plot timeline definitely couldve been better.

overall i recommend you watch this if youre on the fence, its not film of the year but its not a bore or a failure.

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Vendetta, tremenda vendetta!

You m0natt0m3re@!#! killed my sister and niece, see what I do to you! ... and so started a bloody onslaught.
The plot is logical, as if written by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel: thesis, antithesis and synthesis, which becomes the new thesis facing a new antithesis until it is resolved in a new synthesis, und so weiter.
The crescendo seems (seems, SEEMS) to be the killing of poor TaeGu, who turns out have been duped into partaking in the carnage.
Then the girl (Jeon YoBin, the FL in "Vincenzo" for those watching the series) shows up. She enters and locks the door ...
The movie's Ulyssa "... sprang on to the broad pavement ... shed the arrows on to the ground ... 'Dogs, did you think that I should not come back ... and now you shall die.'" (Please see the scene in Franco Rossi's Odyssey).

PS I wish the movie had ended just going to a black screen without hearing the shot, leaving the audience ponder whether the bullet or the cancer caused the black out.

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It was a night in hell to even watch this

Night in Paradise is so far the worst Korean movie I've seen and I do not understand the raving reviews at all. This movie somehow made gangsters boring as fuck. The only remotely positive thing was the set up for the main character's humanity, which they set up brilliantly.

I didn't even finish watching this and stopped an hour and a half into it since nothing fucking happened. I almost fell asleep while watching this. This movie was truly not worth my time.

I don't know where the writer and director was going with this plot because it truly went nowhere.
A waste of my time & energy and I'm baffled that Netflix thought I would love it since they have it a 91% match. Well I hate to break this to you, but it ain't worked. I also hated the bleak colours (I basically hated everything).

Even the gore did nothing for me and I usually love gore!

The title of this film should have been night in hell since I watched this at night and it was a hell to get through. This truly wasn't good in my opinion.

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A tear-stained, blood-splattered odyssey

An odd mix of hardcore visceral action and contemplative sentiment, Night in Paradise suffers from being an overly long plod in need of some major narrative tightening and its occasional blasts of directorial panache that are ultimately squashed by its uncompromising fatalism. Melding the gangland revenge thriller and the terminal illness romance, there's real inventiveness to the way director Park Hoon-Jung wrong-foots the viewer and handles the operatic displays of gunfire and death, unfortunately, the connective tissue that the film only pretends to be interested in and beyond basic action sequences renders it rather dull. The production values are the best things the film has going for it, the photography is frequently fantastic and the music does a decent job of matching the dark tone the film carries with some decent acting all around to boot. Unfortunately, there's a serious lack of personality permeating throughout Night in Paradise, one that sometimes plays like a road trip, sometimes like a romance and sometimes like the idle imaginings of a serial killer. A tear-stained, blood-splattered odyssey in whether revenge is warranted or even capable of bringing personal satisfaction that could have been so much better.

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Totally Recommend

I watched this movie because I saw it in the ‘coming soon’ section in Netflix about a week prior to release. I fell in love with this movie...and Um Tae Goo (recommend watching Save Me 2!!) Even when things seemed to not go the way viewers wanted, the plot switched and made us have a satisfying ending........................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ..filling up the 500 character minimum limit ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

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It moved you in a melancholy way.

The movie on the whole had bits that were predictable but it still had that element of suspense especially the ending. The way the movie has captured Jeju island is what made the movie a beautiful piece because you could see the sadness hanging in every corner of the island. The story between Ja-Yeon and Tae-goo was a memorable one, a gangster movie could not feel this edgy and aesthetic. It was somewhat smooth and grotesque at the same time, the language and graphic scenes of murder weren't off-putting rather they aided the emotion of the storyline. The rain and the silences were the most perfect thing for me in the film, even more than the dialogues. Tae-goo took our sympathy, empathy and respect even if he was a gangster; like there was something pure in his gruesome. Director Ma, though one of the antagonists was nothing but agreeable and man if Yang wasn't the epitome of scumbag. However, the gangs and betrayal plot might be cliche but the take from Tae-goo and Ja-Yeon's life made it unique and heart-gripping. It was like the music and the cinematography were in perfect sync. It was a piece of melancholy beauty for me.

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Dark Film Noir That Breaks Your Heart

Explosively poetic! Reminds you of a Tarantino show. Love the emotions on display and the visuals are just stunning (no not talking about the looks of the main leads. Jeju is perfect for the sombre melancholic mood and very complementary to the story! On that note kudos to the cinematographer as well as the fight/shooting choreographer.

While some scenes may look like a straightforward copy of some of Hollywood's melancholic and film fest worthy shows, this show held their own, just like the leads.

Their quiet and restrained show of emotions was just perfectly nuanced that viewers became so invested and can literally feel the lead's anguish in the last scene. Brilliant job and chemistry.

A must see!

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Good Plotting but lacks a bite !!

I would say “Night in Paradise” is quite de misleading title 4 dis film...Wid its Jeju location & an intriguing female & male protagonist, this film adds new dimensions 2 de storied tradition of K-gangster films. 4 all de talking of this film, der isn't a single original line of dialogue. Or a unique mob character. Or a new way of doing a bloody hit scene.

In some sense, I can understand this movie as a return 2 roots & a celebration of noir basics. But 2 many influences seem 2 b fighting 4 de same space these days. De 140-minrunning time isn't earned, wid de “slow-burning” atmospherics largely featuring de mourning man & orphaned girl who meet on de island 4 no reason other dan 2 lend meaning 2 de bodies dat will soon b tortured. De cliche of unlikely love blossoming btw 2 broken souls in an existential setting is so old dat it could pass off as a member of the British Royal Family.

// VERDICT // Der is no “paradise” in this movie, & u can bet der won’t b any 1 awaiting 4 the slaughtered wen all de scores r settled, every1 has gotten wat dey hve coming 2 dem.

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Initially I started this movie without much expectation but at some point I just fell into a trance and the next thing I know "boom!!" it's over.
Night in paradise is about guns, thugs, gangs, murders, gunfights, knife fights, fistfights, car chases,...(you name it, this have it). Warning, this is not about your hero saving the damsel in distress or the guy who saves the day. Is about losers fighting against another bunch of losers in a pathetic world of their own. and in the midst of it is the our girl like a broken kite.
You can also say it's about 2 broken people.....
This is not going to give you a rush of adrenaline but instead its going to leave you stone cold. But its not dark either, more like you get sucked into a void kind of felling.
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The ending is sad but it's satisfying.......

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Consequences hurt less than fate

I was looking for moody violence early one morning, and as my luck would have it I settled for Night in Paradise. With a slight art film vibe, it's all ride and die with no time for happy endings. It's about bad decisions, gang drama, and death. The ML and FL form a loyalty out of what seems like circumstance, but it is actually love. A sweet but so sad existential crisis triggering type of love. I found myself disapproving but not regretful of their choices. It is rare to have a movie that isn't perfect feel so perfect anyway in spite of random flaws. Bonus points, as it follows through with its appropriately bloody conclusion.

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