R-Point (2004)

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• xGary X

  
  A team of soldiers are sent to "R-Point" where a platoon of soldiers went missing six months earlier to try and ascertain what happened and rescue any survivors. R-Point is another Predator clone with ghosts instead of a sense of humour. It goes through all the usual motions… More
  A team of soldiers are sent to "R-Point" where a platoon of soldiers went missing six months earlier to try and ascertain what happened and rescue any survivors. R-Point is another Predator clone with ghosts instead of a sense of humour. It goes through all the usual motions as the protagonists receive mysterious transmissions, sight ghostly figures and trip over corpses on a regular basis (two left feet I guess) as one by one they are picked off by an unseen force right through to the rent-a-twist conclusion. The setting of the Vietnam war gives its J-horror sensibilities a slightly different spin, but there have been plenty of haunted soldier films and this has little to differentiate it from them. Solidly directed, shot and acted but its all so generic it all adds up to just another case of "So what?"

• Tsubaki S

  
  A well made genre pic, no twists, no pointless gore, no big "boo!" loud noises or other stupid bullshit gimmicks. Just a straigh and well paced narrative, acceptable performances and a wise use of the camera. The movie takes it's time to build the suspense, the tension.… More
  A well made genre pic, no twists, no pointless gore, no big "boo!" loud noises or other stupid bullshit gimmicks. Just a straigh and well paced narrative, acceptable performances and a wise use of the camera. The movie takes it's time to build the suspense, the tension. Most of the characters are interchangable, and the script is full of familiar places, but the movie is made well enough to make you forget that. This is what asian horror has been known to do best, when they are at their best. No noisy quick cuts to "scare" the audience, just a sense of desperation that slowly builds up and catches you off-guard. Atmosphere done right in other words, a movie that actually thinks of it's audience as grown adults and not hyperactive ADHD teens that can't keep their attention on anything for more than 3 seconds. This is no masterpiece, but it doesn't have to be. Considering how rare is these days to find well made genre movies, when hollywood's idea of "fun at the cinema" is just filling everything with CGI, this type of movie is more than welcome.

• Justin Y

  
  <i>R-Point</i> is a Korean film that is sort of a cross of the horror and war genres. Notice that I say "sort of" because director, Su-chang Kong, is going for an "antiwar" movie. This makes sense because the plot revolves around military soldiers,… More
  <i>R-Point</i> is a Korean film that is sort of a cross of the horror and war genres. Notice that I say "sort of" because director, Su-chang Kong, is going for an "antiwar" movie. This makes sense because the plot revolves around military soldiers, but not around them fighting a war.<p>The plot is slow going because there isn't much action. The bulk of this 105 minute film is spent on buildup, with some back story, and a bunch of suspense. With the exception of a quick fire fight as the soldiers arrive at R-Point, there is nothing else really explosive in the way of action.</p><p>The part of the film that most people may find disappointing is that most of it is pretty monotone. The scares aren't that many, at least in the earlier parts, and as I previously mentioned there is a lot of story buildup. This isn't a bad thing because you do get to see each soldier sort of transform before your very eyes as the paranormal element kicks in. Now, because of all the buildup, it just makes the "R-Point: Day 4" and "R-Point: Day 5" segments that much more satisfying.</p><p>The violence and gore is a little on the bloody side, but I wouldn't say it is over the top. Does it need more of it? Maybe in the earlier parts of the film.</p><p>The acting isn't too bad. The Korean soldiers are great to watch, especially when they start losing it. There are a few minutes where American soldiers appear on screen and they just stink it up. Seriously, they were just reading from the script. As usual, the American actors don't fit well in another Asian movie.</p><p>While <i>R-Point</i> may not be the scariest of horrors, it does have a good enough story, albeit a bit confusing one, to make this a decent watch.

• Luke B

  
  Part war, part ghost story. R-Point finds the perfect mix between the two. A slow and unnerving pace may not be best for high speed gore fans but it's all worth it for the final terrifying scene.

• Curt C

  
  As a rule, I am not generally a fan of horror movies. A horror movie set in the heart of the Vietnam War, R-Point builds the tension throughout the movie, as the story behind "Romeo Point" gets unraveled further and further by the platoon sent to extract survivors. There… More
  As a rule, I am not generally a fan of horror movies. A horror movie set in the heart of the Vietnam War, R-Point builds the tension throughout the movie, as the story behind "Romeo Point" gets unraveled further and further by the platoon sent to extract survivors. There are no "cheap thrills"; most everyone has a reason for not wanting to be there, and those stories unravel further as the movie progresses. More time is spent on build and backstory than a Hollywood horror film; thus, the key horror scenes get maximum payoff when they occur. Can the platoon hold out until help arrives? The last 15 minutes were a transfixing payoff and, yes, I was legitimately scared half to death. The one minor quibble; the girl in white. Way too "Japanese horror" (this isn't even a Japanese movie!) and just seemed out of place.

• alan j

  
  effective ghost story..a bit confusing which took away some of the more eerie moments..but delivers on atmosphere aplenty

• Adam M

  
  A chilling,Vietnam war set Korean horror.When a group of soldier's are sent to R-point to track down another team of soldier's that have been missing for six months they get more than they were expecting when members of the team start seeing and hearing things and begin to… More
  A chilling,Vietnam war set Korean horror.When a group of soldier's are sent to R-point to track down another team of soldier's that have been missing for six months they get more than they were expecting when members of the team start seeing and hearing things and begin to think the place is haunted.The longer the team stay the more strange things become until they are all scared and paranoid of everything around them.This has plenty of creepy moments and a few twists and turns along the way to keep you interested and has a decent ending to.A good story,as with alot of K and J-Horrors,some nice twists along with some good acting make this an enjoyable film.Although i think the writer has got some sort of ass fetish;the number of times people are called asshole's is unbelievable,i'm doing a count next time but there's more asshole's in this film than at a BNP convention.That aside,this is another add to the long list of cool asian horror movies.

• FanGirl B

  
  Creepy, with an interesting, weird sort of time loop aspect.

• Christopher B

  
  Disappointing. After hating a bunch of the new war/horror hybrids (Deathwatch, The Bunker, Below, etc) I was really looking forward to seeing this one, that I've heard a lot of great things about. Sadly it fits right in the list of the films I hated. Sure it had it's… More
  Disappointing. After hating a bunch of the new war/horror hybrids (Deathwatch, The Bunker, Below, etc) I was really looking forward to seeing this one, that I've heard a lot of great things about. Sadly it fits right in the list of the films I hated. Sure it had it's moments, most horror films do, but this one is pretty boring and lifeless, and it seems once again to be directed by someone who doesn't even want to be making a horror film.

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