≡ Category: Action, Drama, Korea, Not Worth Your Time | ≅ Leave a Comment
Country: Korea
Genre: Action/ Drama
Director: Hyun-seung Lee
Year: 2011
Rating:
NOT WORTH YOUR TIME
The best thing about Hindsight, a truly wretched film, is the relationship between Doo-hyeon (Kang-ho Song), a middle-aged former gangster and Se-bin (Shin Se-Kyung), a young lady who owes money to the loan sharks.
Doo-hyeon used to be second in command of the Hangang Group, but […]
≡ Category: Action, Drama, Korea, Martial Arts, Recommended | ≅ Leave a Comment
Country: Korea
Genre: Action/ Drama/ Martial Arts
Director: Kwon-taek Im
Year: 1991
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
When last we left Kim Doo-han (the baby faced Sang-min Park), he was on the way to jail after a major brawl. As The General’s Son 2 opens, he has just been released from jail. In his absence, he has been replaced as […]
≡ Category: Drama, Fantasy, Korea, Worth A Look | ≅ Leave a Comment
Country: Korea
Genre: Drama/ Fantasy
Director: Hae-jun Lee
Year: 2009
Rating:
WORTH A LOOK
Castaway On The Moon is South Korea’s answer to the Tom Hanks vehicle, Cast Away.
Min-heui Hong is up his eyeballs in debt. In Korea, there is no such thing as bankruptcy. You owe money, you owe it for life. Expect to be harassed by mean mutherfuckin’ […]
≡ Category: Action, Comedy, Drama, Korea, Martial Arts, Recommended | ≅ Leave a Comment
Country: Korea
Genre: Action/ Comedy/ Drama
Director: Yeon-woo Lee
Year: 2009
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TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
One thing you can never accuse Korean filmmakers of is making life too easy on their heroes.
Pil-seong Jo (Yun-seok Kim) is a none too bright podunk cop with a fondness for gambling. Because of Jo’s lack of responsibility, his wife (Woo-seon Seon) is reduced […]
≡ Category: Action, Korea, Martial Arts, Recommended, Suspense | ≅ Leave a Comment
Country: Korea
Genre: Action/ Suspense/ Martial Arts
Director: Hwang Yoo-sik
Year: 2011
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
The boss of an live internet porn site has a business problem. His site is losing money and he’s pinpointed the reason; the pros he’s hiring for online sex are a turnoff. He needs amateurs, preferably models.
Siblings Bo-ra (Nalie Lee) and Tae-hoon (Jeong […]
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Country: Korea
Genre: Action/ Drama/ Martial Arts
Director: Kwon-taek Im
Year: 1990
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
The General’s Son was filmed in 1990, before the Korean film renaissance that included films like Shiri and Chan-wook Park’s Vengeance series. If The General’s Son is any indication, Korean films were much less slick in those days.
Director Kwon-taek Im uses classical […]
≡ Category: Comedy, Horror, Korea, Worth A Look | ≅ Leave a Comment
Country: Korea
Genre: Horror/ Comedy
Director: Chan-wook Park
Year: 2009
Rating:
WORTH A LOOK
Writer/director Chan-wook Park makes psychological, philosophical and political puzzles, not simple narrative cinema, but up until now, he has always taken pains to ensure that his stories make literal sense. But with Thirst, he has taken the symbolism that was always in the background and placed […]
≡ Category: Comedy, Drama, Suspense, Worth A Look | ≅ Leave a Comment
Country: Korea
Genre: Horror/ Suspense
Director: Dae-seung Kim
Year: 2005
Rating:
WORTH A LOOK
Is it a copout to criticize a movie for being too complex?
After a ship loaded with paper intended as a tribute to the royal court burns, detective Kee Won-kyu (Seung-won Cha) is sent to investigate. As soon as Kee arrives, people start dying in gruesome ways. […]
≡ Category: Action, Comedy, Drama, Korea, Suspense, Worth A Look | ≅ Leave a Comment
Country: Korea
Genre: Action/ Drama/ Suspense/ Comedy
Director: Han-min Kim
Year: 2009
Rating:
WORTH A LOOK
Handphone has a number of strong elements, but not enough to put it over the top.
Oh Seung-min (Tae-woong Eom), an aspiring theatrical agent, is a typical sonofabitch of the Korean variety. He abuses his underlings, ignores his wife, and even had a romantic rival […]
≡ Category: Action, Comedy, Korea, Not Worth Your Time, Romance | ≅ Leave a Comment
Country: Korea
Genre: Action/ Comedy/ Romance
Director: Cheol-hie Park
Year: 2006
Rating:
NOT WORTH YOUR TIME
I make it a rule not to criticize a movie because it isn’t the movie I wanted the filmmakers to make, but I’ll make an exception for No Mercy For The Rude, and I’ll tell you why.
It’s a perfect title. The movie almost writes […]
