‘Smugglers’ Review: Female Oyster Divers Make Satisfying Action Heroes in Funky Korean Caper

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‘Smugglers’ Review: Female Oyster Divers Make Satisfying Action Heroes in Funky Korean Caper
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Back in the 1970s, when Korea was closed to the outside world, locals relied on black market dealers to get their hands on everything from American cigarettes to Ritz crackers. Though this illicit …

Featuring a funky, Lalo Schifrin-style score and more wide-collared polyester pantsuits than a “Charlie’s Angels” costume contest, the movie presents itself as a lost relic of less enlightened times, but boasts gender dynamics that are very much of this moment. In early scenes, the divers earn their living fetching oysters off the ocean floor — or at least these ones did until factories started dumping toxic waste into the waters.

Kwon is ruthless, but also handsome, which may explain why Choonja forgives him for threatening to slit her throat — whatever the logic, chalk that up as one element that doesn’t quite translate in a movie where audiences want to see these women one-up their rivals. To save her hide, Chungya suggests that she and Kwon go into business together, recommending the secret spot where she used to dive in the Kunchon region.

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