Movie rating: 7/10 Neck score: A
We have Jin Goo who is a conman who helps people get loans- loan fraud. However he has principles, and he stays away from "dirty loans." He runs into Siwan, a college student and raw conman talent. He gets scouted and quickly climbs up the ladder. However, there is no trust and loyalty among conmen, and things get a bit crazy in the back stabbing department.
We also have an overzealous cop who is the only one who actually tries to work, while his teammates just play games at work all day. Talk about the epitome of incompetent/corrupt police portrayals. On the other hand a lot of the conmen are portrayed as helping people, while others are just scum. But it then all comes down to the dilemma. Are they really helping people when they help them commit loan fraud? Is it ok just as long as they stay away from "dirty loans?"
The trailer was deceptively funny. I mean, it was a funny movie, but it was not the same kind of funny as the trailer made it seem. It was a lot higher stakes than some of us predicted, especially since it wasn't one of those well oiled con machines. There was conflict and fighting, and some random unexpected violence, especially at the end when the bad dude went crazy and was like running over cops trying to get away. That was random. Yeah, the bad guys ended up being way badder than expected, while the good guys ended up being better than they thought they would be, or trying to be anyway. It got a lot more heisty at the end, when they pulled their big con. But the whole show was pretty fun, it was just different than expected, because misleading trailer. Still fine.
