Yaksha: Ruthless Operations (2022)

Mediocre action thriller. The story is well put together. The execution is just about passable. The only problem is that the film never peaks. Everything is pretty average. Not that the film is boring, but the action is flat, the film is sometimes exciting, but never nerve-wracking and otherwise not surprising for a moment. Visually it looks good and the acting is otherwise fine. 3.0

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Visually neatly maintained, but content-wise very flat and standard, this rather run-of-the-mill Korean action thriller. Characters and plot do not really know how to captivate and the action scenes, although not bad, are just a bit too tame and bloodless, literally and figuratively. Biggest plus points are the impressive camera work and the beautiful lighting.

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Nice movie of Korean origin. Sub-protagonist is ruthless. The main character has a lot of trouble dealing with that. Occasionally hard action with a sword of Damocles above it all; Who is the mole?

Watches well with a bag of popcorn. At the end an absurd pretense. Be afraid of us because we look for criminals everywhere in the world... Yes as if they were superheroes. (aka more films will follow...) Let's not do that! Doesn't change the fact that the Korean film industry spits out one film after another (sometimes with success (like the series; Squid Game and horror films like Train to Bussan 1 and 2 or Project Silence etc.) but also much with less success) and this while Hollywood remains anxiously silent.

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