the film feels as lost in the dark as any of its characters. Kim Jee-woon will always gravitate towards the bleaker side of the things, but "The Age of Shadows" suggests that his stories might benefit from just a little bit more light
Kim's preference for exteriorizing all of his character's suspicions and turmoil-for making the internal into something more graphic by transferring its energy into bullets, wounds, and time bombs-gives it a sensational, two-fisted flavor
