Review | Netflix movie review: Carter – Joo Won is a fighting machine in ridiculous action thriller by The Villainess director Jung Byung-gil
- Netflix movie Carter stars Joo Won as an agent with insomnia trying to stop a zombie virus by rescuing a scientist’s daughter
- The action is non-stop, with too many fights and shoot-outs to count them all, and the camera work is enough to give viewers whiplash
2/5 stars
Cinematic realism in video games like God of War and The Last of Us is becoming par for the course, as designers strive to give players the most immersive experience possible.
Still, never has a film tried so hard to emulate the look and feel of a video game than Jung Byung-gil’s dizzyingly ridiculous Carter.
Appearing to unfold in a single continuous take in something approximating real time, Jung’s latest action extravaganza follows a half-naked insomniac agent (Joo Won) as he fends off an endless stream of North Korean soldiers, South Korean operatives, and CIA goons, all of whom are either trying to kill him, or convince him he’s really working for them.
All this to stop a deadly virus from engulfing the world, and turning everyone into bald, rampaging zombies.
From minute one, the action never lets up. Agent Carter (Won) awakes in a blood-soaked bed with no recollection of who he is or why he’s there.