Carter (2022)

Great promise with bad execuation

The idea of this film was very promising and attention-grabbing, especially for lovers of action films and thrillers (for me!). However, the execution and direction of this film just weren't satisfying enough.

In the beginning of the story, I was already doubtful after seeing the sauna scene - "Carter", a single man with no memory, manages to kill over 20 (probably 30+) men, all with knives and other kinds of weapons, basically single-handedly and without a scratch. Even the best-trained killers wouldn't be that capable. The opening already tells you how the story will go. The action scenes are way too unrealistic, almost fantasy-like. For a film that's classified as an action thriller, that's not so good.

The one-scene one-cut technique used during the camera work was nice and refreshing at the beginning but later on became frustrating. A lot of "empty" scenes showing empty rooms, the underneath of a car etc...just absolutely unnecessary scenes.

The non-Korean actors ruined the show for me. Their acting was simply bad, very amateur-like and mediocre.

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Non stop action!

This is the movie for you who like over the top-non stop action. Don't think too much and just enjoy the ride.
Want a solid story? Forget that, Carter is more like "The Raid" - its truly ALL about the action.

Carter has some of the craziest action scenes ever made and the camera work is absolutely insane. I was blown away. I wonder how the heck they even filmed many of the scenes, they must be wizards or something. The CG was obvious at times but it still didn't look cheap, and remember this isn't a 200 million dollar Hollywood production.

I can see it becoming the next Korean production everyone talks about globally, that's how iconic i found this movie to be. Good job and congratulations to everyone involved!

(⚠️ It has full frontal nudity and brutal throat stabbing etc)

9/10 from me, a must watch if you like intense over the top stupid fun non stop action!

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