![]() Woo’s not convincing as the chief bad guy, which is fine because Park’s not convincing as an MMA fighter and Ahn’s not convincing as an exorcising priest. Even if Park were just an energetic bad, it might be fun. Sometimes it looks like the actors decide at separate times when they’re supposed to be seeing the CGI demonic imagery. Kim’s not good at directing Ahn and Park with the special effects. He’s got stigmata, he’s got a flaming fist, he can kill demons, he’s got that motorcycle, he’s edgy cool but not… he also doesn’t enjoy it at all. If Park gave an enthusiastic performance, Divine Fury might be saved. ![]() When Park finally becomes a demon-hunting superhero with a motorcycle, his costume is a priest outfit like Park’s got some rabid female fans who want him dressed up as a bad boy priest. There’s a scene where Ahn brags about being able to drink and smoke-it’s okay as long as you don’t pray after, which is just weird too. You know, it’d make more sense if Divine Fury were secretly funded by the Catholic Church in hopes they get priest recruitment up in South Korea. Where Catholics make up something like seven percent of the population. So Park also hates the Catholic Church, which is the only form of religion shown to exist in Divine Fury’s South Korea. He hates God because God killed his dad (Lee Seung-Joon) even though a priest told him if he prayed hard enough God would save him. Lead Park is an avowed atheist-not a real thing, as Ahn explains, because hating God means you believe in God-and none of the magic ever sways his opinion on God. Or the movie’s about a lonely old priest Ahn Sung-Ki who can no longer recruit young priests to accompany him on his exorcisms slash physical and mental abusing of people with mental problems… oh, wait, no, because in Divine Fury all the magic is real. He brings the demons, who then possess Catholics–you know they’re Catholic because of the Catholic art on all their walls–and then priests come in and exorcize, rinsing the soul super clean, so Woo then sends those fresh souls to Hell. Like the big fight scene at the end? The big, very bad, not at all worth sitting through the movie about an MMA fighter (Park Seo-joon) taking on a Dark Bishop (Woo Do-Hwan) who’s running a shitty nightclub with low patronage (the film’s limited budget is only obvious because of the lack of background extras and scenery) and bringing demons to Earth. Yes, the editing is wanting, but often more because Kim’s mediocre than anything else. It’s not poorly made director Kim is mediocre, Cho Sang-yun’s photography is good, Koo Ja-wan’s score is fine. ![]()
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