Director: Hong Won-chan
Notable Cast: Hwang Jung-min, Lee Jung-jae, Park
Jung-min, Choi Hee-seo, Park So-yi, Song Young-chang
One time I had a friend of mine refer to action films that
revolve around kidnapping as ‘search and destroy films,’ and it has been a
phrase I tend to use for some time now. To be honest, I’m quite a fan of
these search and destroy flicks, whether it’s a Taken knock-off or one
of the SPL sequels. For the film Deliver Us from Evil, a title
that sounds far more fitting for a religious horror film than an intense and
brutal South Korean actioner, it’s the latter films that have the most
influence on its intentions. At the baseline, it’s a fairly standard action
thriller that even more casual fans of the genre or South Korean cinema can
consume. With two key performances, some brutal action, and just enough heart,
it’s hard not to love what Deliver Us from Evil is pushing despite its
relatively generic approach to storytelling.