(Spoiler) Rewatching The Assassin(s) - Immersive questioning in the first half, conspiracy theory (delusion) fitting in the second half

I happened to rewatch it.
From my first viewing, I found the beginning and middle quite immersive,
but my engagement dropped during the second half as I felt it was crossing the line.
Watching it again, that difference remains...
Even though I know the second half crosses the line,
some sequences in the first half are immersive. (Well-made)
The sniping sequence,
and the process of reporting immediately after the sniping, are interesting and immersive.
The movie starts to slip (go off the rails)
midway through, when it raises a conspiracy theory
that the KCIA staged the incident,
and even suggests that First Lady Yuk might have been the original target.
(The start of a cursed ritual)
After that, it treats that conspiracy theory as an established fact
and expands it to an even more absurd level,
claiming that high-ranking officials from the Korean and Japanese governments
conspired together
to stage the presidential assassination,
and even that First Lady Yuk was the original target.
While doing so, the film constantly shouts about "the truth." Haha.
This is completely detached from common sense.
During the final declaration of a free press
(In actual history, this has zero connection to the conspiracy theory regarding First Lady Yuk's assassination, yet the explanation after the ending introduces it with a nuance that suggests they are related (distortion)),
the content of the article Park Hae-il writes before that declaration
is that First Lady Yuk's death might be a staged incident,
and that the interests between the Korean and Japanese governments lie behind it.
It is a truly absurd setting.
It is an article at the level of delusion, even worse than a conspiracy theory,
yet the film claims this is the truth and the mission of press freedom.
This is what I call "pupa-level" (extremely low) IQ logic.
It was like this during my first viewing, too,
but the worst part of this movie
is the appearance of the fictional character Maeda
(When Yoo Hae-jin encountered Maeda in the corner of the building, what I felt wasn't tension, but rather "there is no way this character actually exists")
and the dialogue between Park Hae-il and Jung Woo-sung.
The dialogue between Park Hae-il and Jung Woo-sung goes beyond conspiracy theories;
it is the director passionately preaching delusions as truth.
In that scene, Jung Woo-sung mentions:
"The will of the Oyas, the hypocrisy of the KCIA."
To be honest, it's a blatant, indirect criticism implying Park Chung-hee was the mastermind.
I'm sure the director will play word games (defend himself) by saying "the higher-ups of the KCIA" refers to the internal hierarchy of the KCIA, not those above the agency.
Jung Woo-sung's remarks about the subway, glossing over the achievements of industrialization, felt even more nauseating because it seemed like a desperate attempt to rationalize the director's delusions.
Rewatching it, "delusion" is a more accurate term than "conspiracy theory."
It lacks even the logic of a conspiracy theory.
Another point to note is that in movies of this genre, the protagonists usually have real-life models.
The Attorney: Roh Moo-hyun; A Taxi Driver: an actual German reporter and a taxi driver; 12.12: the Chun Doo-hwan faction and Jang Tae-wan.
Not to mention 1987 and The Spy Gone North.
I suppose it's inevitable since this was made as a conspiracy theory (delusion) from the start.