R-Point
| R-Point | |
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 Theatrical poster | |
| Hangul | 알 포인트 |
| Revised Romanization | Al pointeu |
| McCune–Reischauer | Al p‘oint‘ŭ |
| Directed by | Kong Su-chang |
| Produced by |
Choi Kang-hyeok Chang Yoon-hyun |
| Written by | Kong Su-chang |
| Starring |
Kam Woo-sung Son Byong-ho Oh Tae-kyung Park Won-sang Lee Sun-kyun Ahn Nae-sang Kim Byeong-cheol Jeon Kyeong-ho Mun Yeong-dong |
| Music by | Pa-lan Dal |
| Cinematography | Seok Hyeong-jing |
| Edited by | Nam Na-yeong |
| Distributed by | Cinema Service |
Release dates |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Box office | $6,744,984[1] |
R-Point (Hangul: 알 포인트) is a 2004 Korean horror film written and directed by Kong Su-chang. Set in 1972 Vietnam, during the Vietnam War, it stars Kam Woo-sung and Son Byong-ho as members of the South Korean military in Vietnam. Most of the movie was shot in Cambodia. Bokor Hill Station plays a prominent part of the movie, in this case doubling as a colonial French plantation.[2][3][4]
Synopsis
On 7 January 1972, the South Korean base in Nha-Trang, Vietnam, receives a radio transmission from a missing platoon that has been presumed dead. The high-command assigns the veteran and decorated Lieutenant Choi Tae-in to lead a squad of eight other soldiers to extract the missing soldiers from the Romeo point or R-Point. When they arrive at the location, they engage and defeat a Vietnamese woman with a machine gun. They later find a tombstone saying that one hundred years previously, local Vietnamese were killed by the Chinese who disposed of them in a lake. A temple built over the site has become a sacred location to the Vietnamese. They find an immense, but empty mansion, where they set up their base. They have a week to find the missing soldiers, but time is passing slowly when one of them dies in a horrific way, and instead of finding answers, they encounter further mysteries.
Marketing
Before the film was released, filmmakers conducted viral marketing to promote the film. The official website, www.rpoint.com, carried several fictional articles such as a journal written by an American war correspondent, statements made by various soldiers who witnessed events portrayed in the film, radio transmissions supposedly received by Korean soldiers, Internet news links about missing Korean soldiers in Vietnam, and a fictional timeline of R-Point.
Cast
- Kam Woo-sung as Lt. Choi Tae-in
- Son Byong-ho as Sgt. Jin Chang-rok
- Park Sang-won as Sergeant Cook
- Lee Sun-kyun as Sergeant Park
- Oh Tae-kyung as Sergeant Jang Young-soo
- Son Jin-ho as Sergeant Oh
- Mun Yeong-dong as Corporal Byun Moon-sub
- Jeong Kyeong-ho as Corporal Lee Jae-pil
- Kim Byeong-cheol as Corporal Joh Byung-hoon
- Gi Ju-bong as Captain Park
- Ahn Nae-sang as Captain Kang
Awards and nominations
- Nomination - Best Supporting Actor - Son Byong-ho
- Nomination - Best New Director - Kong Su-chang
- 2004 Korean Film Awards
- Nomination - Best Supporting Actor - Son Byong-ho
- Nomination - Best New Director - Kong Su-chang
- Best Sound - Kang Joo-seok, Lead Sound
- Nomination - Best New Director - Kong Su-chang
See also
References
- ↑ http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=rpoint.htm
- ↑ Yang, Sung-jin (19 August 2004). "R-Point puts fresh spin on the horrors of war". The Korea Herald via Hancinema. Retrieved 2016-05-28.
- ↑ Kim, Hyun-jung (17 May 2016). "R-Point". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2016-05-28.
- ↑ Kim, Kyu-hyun (27 February 2006). "R-Point movie and DVD [review]". www.ohmynews.com via Hancinema. Retrieved 2016-05-28.
- ↑ http://www.cinemasie.com/en/fiche/oeuvre/rpoint/
External links
- R-Point at the Korean Movie Database
- R-Point at the Internet Movie Database
- R-Point at HanCinema
- IGN R-Point Review
- R-POINT (2004; DVD Review)