Don Lee is back and it's back to the big time. As before, the teddy bear tornado has the endearing charisma of a Bud Spencer and the methods of a Dirty Harry, two fists instead of a Magnum. So everything is the same, which in this case is a quality feature rather than a shortcoming. Tough violence meets humorous interludes, both in the right proportions and underpinned by almost constant (thrashing) action. This time, fortunately, the background rock music has been toned down considerably. Oh yes, there is also a story, a solid means to an end. As always, the salt in the soup is the use of finely scattered political incorrectness. Thank you Roundup Saga, you rarely if ever see anything like this anymore. Another aspect worth mentioning is the consistently fantastic cast throughout the trilogy. Not only Ma Dong-seok, but also his police force are simply endearing. The villains are always charismatic, and this time the enemies of South Korean law and order come from the Chinese triads, the Japanese yakuza and their own corrupt ranks of officials. It can go on like this, there is still a lot of energy in this series.
Review of The Roundup: No Way Out
