Lim (Gang Dong-won, with the charisma of a log), who is suffering from PTSD following the suicide bombing. Instead of a badass group of killing-machines, we are stuck with the emotionless Lt.
But the fight ends quickly after a young girl detonates herself, and after spending the entire opening introducing us to this badass group of scary soldiers and showing how formidably effective they are, the film pretty much sweeps them under the rug for the rest of its runtime.Īfter the attack (and the fun), the film starts getting complicated. The use of light and shadow to build suspense as the sewers suddenly go dark and multiple red eyes start to glow will send chills down your spine. He uses mostly tracking shots, following each of the players involved, highlighting the fear and desperation in the eyes of the terrorists (though the film never makes it clear if we should feel bad for them or not), and the cold, heartless dedication behind the cyborg-like the Special Unit. Kim Jee-woon knows how to frame an action scene. The opening sequence is straight out of the 1999 anime, with a confrontation between the Sect and the Special Unit inside sewer tunnels. Think of the T-60 Power Armor from the Fallout series, but make it 100 times scarier and more evil, and add terrifying round red eyes that glow with the intensity of nightmarish soldiers from hell, and you get the Special Unit soldiers.
Each of them is a one man army, with heavy duty machine guns, steel shields on their forearms capable of resisting hand-grenades, and German war helmets with gas masks covering their faces. These are among the scariest non-Nazi soldiers ever to be put on screen. An incident involving the death of innocent teens causes the Special Unit to become ruthless killing machines, hiding their faces-and the last traces of their humanity-behind elaborate steel-plated armor and helmets. Illang: The Wolf Brigade picks up five years into the unification plans. It’s only use is during the prologue to explain why the government would launch a Special Unit force to put an end to Sect. That concept alone makes for a fascinating science-fiction film, but unfortunately, it’s all setup that is immediately abandoned.
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