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Bogota - the tale of Survival & Power, Elevated by Song Joong-ki's Performance
Filming was completed in 2021 and released in 2025. Many things have changed, with OTT platforms ruling the current entertainment trend. Viewers are watching different movies with different subjects from different countries. One of those countries is South Korea. It is a care of the address of new contents, and the Bogota movie came from it. It's a new attempt in SK movies taking the subject of immigrants lives.
It's a story about a person establishing his legacy in a place with no guarantees for his life.
The story follows how the main character is shaped into a fearless guy and what the events lead to that make him change his fate from an immigrant guy to the person who controls the smuggling business. The core story is routine: "The main character starts his life from the bottom and reaches the top in illegal business by taking down one by one those who are getting in his way".
But the highlights of the movie are the acting, 90's sets, and art. Coming to the acting, every actor is given their best. Song Joong-ki again delivered his best; his transformation from a 22-year-old guy to the mid-30s is a remarkable role in his filmography. Loved his raw character and realistic acting in Guk Hee's role.
The 90's art makes a good impression on the movie, like cars and costumes of 90's Colombia. The music [soundtrack] is okay.
Now see where the movie struggled to get into the hit mark. The story has full potential to make this movie a great movie. But it looks like the director and writer failed to utilize it for the best. Also, the story narration is great, but again, the failure part creates the depth of the characters, except for Song Joong-ki & Lee Hee Joon; other characters are far away from this. It would be the best movie if the director and writer put a little more focus on creating emotional development.
Overall a worthy movie to watch & Song Joong-ki will impress you.
It's a story about a person establishing his legacy in a place with no guarantees for his life.
The story follows how the main character is shaped into a fearless guy and what the events lead to that make him change his fate from an immigrant guy to the person who controls the smuggling business. The core story is routine: "The main character starts his life from the bottom and reaches the top in illegal business by taking down one by one those who are getting in his way".
But the highlights of the movie are the acting, 90's sets, and art. Coming to the acting, every actor is given their best. Song Joong-ki again delivered his best; his transformation from a 22-year-old guy to the mid-30s is a remarkable role in his filmography. Loved his raw character and realistic acting in Guk Hee's role.
The 90's art makes a good impression on the movie, like cars and costumes of 90's Colombia. The music [soundtrack] is okay.
Now see where the movie struggled to get into the hit mark. The story has full potential to make this movie a great movie. But it looks like the director and writer failed to utilize it for the best. Also, the story narration is great, but again, the failure part creates the depth of the characters, except for Song Joong-ki & Lee Hee Joon; other characters are far away from this. It would be the best movie if the director and writer put a little more focus on creating emotional development.
Overall a worthy movie to watch & Song Joong-ki will impress you.
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