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Take Point

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A captain and his team of 12 soldiers infiltrate a secret underground bunker to take out a target in the Korean demilitarized zone.

Critics Reviews

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Clarence Tsui The Hollywood Reporter Jan 23, 2019
A taut, topical and technically superb thriller. Go to Full Review
William Schwartz HanCinema Nov 16, 2019
Take Point is brilliant work that, far from romanticizing the work of private military contractors normalizes it as just a very bad job. Go to Full Review
Alex Lines Film Inquiry Aug 17, 2019
Byung-woo has delivered a slick, entertaining package that manages to do something new with a lot of worn elements. Go to Full Review
Anthony Kao Cinema Escapist Aug 14, 2019
An unexpectedly rich exploration of broader political ills that the rise of modern mercenaries portend. Go to Full Review
James Marsh South China Morning Post Jan 22, 2019
1/5
From the convoluted set-up to its preposterous finale, Kim Byung-woo's political action thriller defies logic and comprehension at every turn. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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Giorgio G @GioBlob Nov 9, 2025 Wow! Wow! WOW! Fortunately the movie started in English, as I really don't care for subtitles or dubbed versions. And as this is a South Korean movie I wouldn't even have bothered to start watching it, especially as I don't like war movies and surely don't care for mercenaries action flicks. This said I was ready to switch channels within minutes because I realized that this movie was exactly this kind of genre. But something kept me hanging on for a bit longer as the camera takes were fascinating and after a slow start of the story those shots and angles were getting constantly better to an unbelievable level which I hadn't seen in a long time. The cameramen and director deserve a perfect 10. The story is cool, with a few twists, though everything is mainly confined to a few rooms, tunnels and staircases. From early on there is incredible tension which rises continuously to the very last minute of the movie. Though there isn't a single famous actor here, and I recognized only 3 faces of secondary B actors, whose names evade me, the acting of many folks here is excellent. This flick is way better than many huge western productions with famous actors I had seen lately. 8/10 points!! See more Dick C @Joshua19930826 Sep 19, 2022 It's an excellent motion picture, touching and making me moved especially at the end... With writer-director, Kim Byung-woo, he film-makes with great performance for a strong castings... Producer-actor, Ha Jung-woo portrays with utmost and other self sacrifice actor, Lee Sun-kyun... See more May 23, 2021 Thrilling. Cinematography and accuracy unmatched, unrivaled,the action never stopped. Loved the embedded subthemes: perseverance, grit, loyalty, communication, peace and respect across fault lines. Movie guaranteed to raise your IQ a few notcbex See more Apr 3, 2021 Take Point (aka as PMC) is available for rental. It is in Korean (subtitled) and a variety of accented English that is often hard to understand (the Private Military Contractors hail from all over). It involves a mercenaries attempting an extraction in bunkers under the north/south Korea boarder. It goes wrong and we end up with drones, remote cameras and layered combat that sometimes is brilliant and some times is a little confusing. While the dialog is a bit clunky, the pros outweigh the cons if you want a little something different in your action film mix. 3 stars out of 5. See more Feb 19, 2021 2019-5-15 Ha Jung-woo was very handsome, but, I'm sorry, this movie was really boring. See more Oct 1, 2019 An overall acceptable action movie of a mercenaries. The point of a Korean leader is ...... nothing more. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A captain and his team of 12 soldiers infiltrate a secret underground bunker to take out a target in the Korean demilitarized zone.
Director
Kim Byung-woo
Producer
Kang Myung-chan, Kim Young-hoon, Ha Jung-woo
Screenwriter
Kang Myeong-chan, Kim Byung-woo
Distributor
CJ Entertainment
Production Co
Perfect Storm Entertainment
Genre
Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 27, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 24, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA)
$107.0K
Runtime
1h 59m
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