, “‘Queen of Cannes’ Jeon Do-yeon’s new work ‘Revolver’ suffered a humiliating box office failure, being overshadowed by the animated film ‘Love’s Hatching’,” “According to the integrated ticketing network for cinemas on the 14th, ‘Revolver’ gathered 15,323 viewers on the 13th. The cumulative number of viewers is 223,305.” “As a result, ‘Revolver’ rose to 4th place on the box office ranking, which cannot be seen as anything but a humiliating performance. It not only lagged significantly behind the 1st place ‘Pilot’ by Jo Jung-suk, who exceeded 80,000 viewers during the same period, but also fell behind animated films like ‘Despicable Me 4’ and ‘Love’s Hatching,’ remaining in the lower ranks for consecutive days.” “
Moreover, since its release on the same day as ‘Love’s Hatching’ on the 7th of this month, ‘Revolver’ is in a desperate situation with a meager gathering of 447,748 viewers. Although the number of moviegoers visiting theaters has decreased compared to previous years, the biggest factor behind the box office slump is undoubtedly the lack of artistic quality that fails to meet the viewers’ standards.” “In fact, despite boasting a glamorous casting lineup including Jeon Do-yeon, the ‘trendy’ Ji Chang-wook, and Lim Ji-yeon, ‘Revolver’ was criticized sharply. The average score from actual viewers on the portal site Naver remained at 6.44 out of 10. The CGV Golden Egg Index, which reflects actual viewer evaluations, also shows a low 73% rating.” “On the portal site, comments critiquing ‘Revolver’ are pouring in, with one succinct review receiving agreement from a whopping 2,046 people, “One of the remaining two bullets, I wanted to shoot at the screen and at myself till the end.” “There are overwhelming responses criticizing ‘Revolver’ such as “The development, composition, everything is a mess,” “There is no content, no flashy action, and the development is slow,” “Breathing is significantly slow and boring,” “Direction, story, coherence are all poor,” etc.” “One netizen even criticized, “This film proves that even with renowned actors, it can turn out like this. It seems to reluctantly build up, then suddenly reveals ridicule, leading to a rushed and unsatisfactory conclusion.” “‘Revolver’ is a film by director Oh Seung-wook, Jeon Do-yeon, and the production company Sonai Pictures reuniting once again since the 2015 noir film ‘The Shameless.’ The story follows former police officer Soo-young (played by Jeon Do-yeon) who turned all sins around and went to prison, then after her release, heads straight towards a single goal.”