The film is a mature work that perfectly blends the colonial background and commercial elements. Among the many top thrillers in Korea in 2016, Kim Jee-woon's "The Age of Shadows" is very exciting, and the shooting technique is also very dazzling. It can be said that it is the most confident work of the genre master
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The film is based on real people and real events. Various tangled characters and many historical details are dramatic, so in the end, there are climaxes and various reversals. In addition, the scene of the film is beautiful. At the beginning of a large-scale gunfight scene, there are many people and moving shots. From the beams of the room to the bottom, a few fake long shots were stitched together, and it was fun. The scene in which the "mantis catches the cicada, the oriole is behind" the spy drove and killed his opponent in the rainy night, and the horror atmosphere was full. The iconic heavy-tasting shot of disassembling body parts is directly refreshing with pain. The real climax of the film is that there are many spies that took place on a train. The Independence Army and the Han Yan spies are in conflict in the intense slow motion. For more than 20 minutes, although the layout is much smaller than that of Kim Jee-woon in the past, and it is even more insignificant compared to the same kind in Hollywood, but for the exploration of Korean films in this area, it can be described as a big step forward
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