This Is Not How You Start a Trilogy: “Hope” Gets a Nope From Me
Despite it being one of the most visually impressive action movies I’ve ever seen, everything else fell short of my expectations.

Hong Kyung-pyo (Korean: 홍경표, born August 11, 1962) is a South Korean cinematographer. He has worked with several acclaimed Korean directors, including Bong Joon-ho, Lee Chang-dong, and Na Hong-jin. Zack Sharf praised him as one of 30 cinematographers to watch, praising his "dynamic camerawork". The director he has done the most work with, Bong Joon-ho, stated that any future Korean films he opted to do would use Hong as his cinematographer.
Despite it being one of the most visually impressive action movies I’ve ever seen, everything else fell short of my expectations.
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