Product Details

• Actors: Woo-seong Kam, Byung-ho Son, Tae-kyung Oh, Won-sang Park, Seon-gyun Lee
• Directors: Su-chang Kong
• Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: Korean (Dolby Digital 5.1), Korean (DTS 5.1)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Tartan Video
• DVD Release Date: February 14, 2006
• Run Time: 107 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000E0OBKQ
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #30,851 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "R-Point" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Synopsis:
Item Type: DVD Movie
Item Rating: R
Street Date: 06/20/06
Wide Screen: yes
Director Cut: no
Special Edition: no
LanguageENGLISH
Foreign Film: yes
Subtitlesyes
Dubbed: no
Full Frame: no
Re-Release: no
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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Solid Asian Horror, April 8, 2006

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General Zombie (the West) - See all my reviews

This review is from: R-Point (DVD)

Alright, here's another short one. This is another Asian ghost movie but, gasp, it doesn't follow the conventions of the subgenre to a t, like most of these films I've seen. It's set during the Vietnam war, which is a nice change of setting, I suppose, though it does make the characters a bit tough to tell apart. (As they often are in war movies, what with everyone being dressed the same and wearing helmets and so on.) This movie is fairly slow moving, and it easily could stand to have 10 or so minutes lopped off from between the time that they arrive at R-Point and when things really start moving, but it's less drawn out then plenty of ghost movies, so it's not too bad. This movie is quite genuinely creepy much of the time, with a great locale, an abandoned mansion/plantation looking building out in Vietnamese field, surrounded by jungle. The film may be a bit too scattershot for some tastes, as the supernatural manifestations often seem to lack any particular rhyme or reason, but I think it's a good way to keep you off balance. I particularly like the scene when one lone soldier encounters a platoon of ghost soldiers, seeing them only from behind until they crouch down in the underbrush and disappear, and a later scene where one guy follows a distant apparition out into the night until he stumbles in a a mysterious graveyard. And yeah, it does have some of the conventional girl-ghost stuff going on, but it's not the sole focus of the film, so it's not too tiresome and played out. (Though this element does play a big role in the climax, which is too bad as it's just not as effective as some of the other stuff.)

This film obviously isn't the most expensive thing you're gonna see, but the technical side of the film is more than competent, with some occasionally very beautiful cinematography. The acting is all fine, though they generally aren't asked to do too much. The music, however, is sometimes a concern. Usually it's just unobtrusive, but it occasionally becomes a bit wacky, and detracts from the general mood of the film.

Again, this isn't overwhelmingly original or anything, but it's still a relative breath of fresh air in the increasingly stale movement. (In fact, I would say it probably compares more closely to 'Session 9' than any particular Asian horror film that I can think of.) Worth a look.

Also, I find that 'Best Military Guys Meets Supernatural Horror flick since Dog Soldiers' quote (or something like that) very amusing, as if there were tons military horror films coming out. Though I suppose I must say I disagree with this quote, as I find 'Below' and '28 Days Later' to both be superior to either of these films, but whatever. It's still a silly quote, regardless of whether or not you agree with it.

Grade: B

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Vietnam meets Supernatural!, February 7, 2006

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Steve67 "Steve500067" (Dallas, Texas United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: R-Point (DVD)

Taking Place during the Vietnam War, the film follows a shell- shocked officer as he heads a group of men through enemy territory on a mission to find a lost platoon. The men venture to R-Point, which is the location of a bandoned mansion that was the last place the men were supposedly last at before their disappearance. With hope of finding clues to the missing men, the group of soldiers crosses into supernatural realms when a certain few begins seeing ghosts of dead men, causing paranoia and fear inthe squad. Unlike other films in the sub-genre, this film focuses more on the creepy atmosphere and does'nt play with the paranoia theme as much as others may have. The movie stays at a constant slow, but moody, pace as it revolves soley around the group of men and their encounter with the supernatural. Overall a creepy old-school ghost story that delivers the chills thanks to its sucessful use of the secluded atmosphere around them. Worth checking out.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Scary and Twisted, December 28, 2005

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Andrew M. Elliott "Moovieguy" (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: R-Point (DVD)

I loved this movie!!! I really thought it was going to be a war movie, but it turns out to be a psychological thriller. Finally a plot that keeps you guessing! I had no idea where this film was going untill the credits rolled. I even had to watch it twice just to see all the things I missed the first time...and it was just as good the second time!

You have to watch this movie...make sure you have someone with you, cause this movie is ...scary and twisted!!!!!