Pluto **
Dir: Su-won
Shin. With: David Lee, Jun Sung, Sung Ha Jo. 114 mins. Cert: 15
This plays like a
restrained, somewhat redundant live-action rejoinder to the ferocious vision of
last year’s animated The King of Pigs.
Again, it’s a tale of murderous rivalry in Korean school corridors: by having
bookworm-that-turns June (David Lee) take an elite group of scholars hostage,
writer-director Su-won Shin presumably intends to put a ruthlessly competitive
system on trial. Yet her approach remains studious to a fault: the awkward
performers huddle in passive-aggressive formations, while relentless
crosscutting between time schemes deprives the siege set-up of any tension.
Mostly academic: the work of a directorial new kid stammering over her own best
ideas.
Pluto opens in selected cinemas from today.
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