Jung_E
If the breakthrough hit “Train to Busan” was director Yeon Sang-ho’s successful stab at tropes set up by pioneers like George A. Romero, “Jung_E,” now on Netflix, is the filmmaker’s stab at “The Terminator,” “Blade Runner” and sci-fi action flicks with deep philosophical underpinnings about what it means to be human. The filmmaker behind “Hellbound” has lost none of his skill with set-pieces (and may have even improved in that department), but he can’t find a way to make the bloated, overlong center of his latest project work. As with “Busan,” his action filmmaking remains well above average, but that skill set isn’t activated enough as way too much of “Jung_E” is content to discuss its themes instead of merely embedding them in an interesting story. The opening action sequence of “Jung_E” shows off those genre chops, and the last 15 minutes are pretty wicked. You can find something else to distract you for almost everything in between.
