The opener involving Dong-Chul brokering a deal to get rich by selling King Crabs went on for far too long and this lengthy introduction never felt necessary in conjunction with the general narrative (his desperation is exploited which I sense was the point, but did this need to elaborated on over such a long period of time). In all honesty, I expected a lot of thrills, fireworks, frenetic action and a lightning pace (as with the first Taken film), but Unstoppable seems to play out more as a pot-boiler which doesn't sit particularly well. However, I expected a Taken variant so could hardly be surprised with the plotline, but it's how things ultimately played out in Unstoppable that left with me some reservations.
Unstoppable feels very much like Korea's answer to Taken (as well as using the base plot of kidnapping it actually goes one step further in the 'borrowing from' concept with the motif of said victim being trafficked/sold into prostitution). After his wife is kidnapped by a ruthless gang, fish worker Dong-Chul finds himself having to call back on his old skills in order to track down the gang and save his wife.
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