≡ Category: Drama, Korea, Movie Reviews, Not Worth Your Time | ≅ Leave a Comment
Country: Korea
Genre: Drama
Director: Pil-Sung Yim
Year: 2005
Rating:
NOT WORTH YOUR TIME
Antarctic Journal has an odd subject for a Korean movie. A group of explorers, led by Choi Do-hyung (Kang-ho Song) decide to go further into the Antarctic than any previous explorers. Why? Because, as one character notes, explorers live to put themselves in extreme situations and […]
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Country: Korea
Genre: Action/ Martial Arts/ Drama
Director: Yun-ho Yang
Year: 2004
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
God knows there are plenty of flaws in Fighter In The Wind. During the first half of the movie, the fights are shot in such a way that you can barely make out the fight choreography. Writer/director Yun-ho Yang way overuses slow motion. […]
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Country: Korea
Genre: Action/ Drama
Director: Ki-duk Kim
Year: 1997
Rating:
NOT WORTH YOUR TIME
I am chagrined to admit that I sought out Wild Animals because it was written and directed by Ki-duk Kim, who is responsible for such elegant and provocative films as The Bow, 3-Iron, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter… and Spring, Bad Guy, and The Isle.
Wild Animals […]
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Country: Korea
Genre: Action/ Drama
Director: Seok-beom Kang
Year: 2006
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA HIGHLY RECOMMENDED MOVIE
When we first meet Tae-shik (Rae-won Kim), he’s on a train, writing in a little notebook, things like “I will never fight again” and “I will never drink again.” You see, Tae-shik has just gotten out of prison. He makes his way back to […]
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Country: Korea
Genre: Drama/Comedy
Director: Joon-ho Bong
Year: 2009
Rating:
WORTH A LOOK
Mother was Korea’s entry for 2009’s Best Foreign Picture for the Academy Awards, and you can kind of understand why. As the titular character, Hye-ja Kim gives a towering performance, easily dominating the entire film. She should be a shoe-in for any Korean acting awards. Writer/director Joon-ho […]
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Country: Korea
Genre: Action/ Drama/ Swordplay/ Martial Arts
Director: Young-jun Kim
Year: 2005
Rating:
NOT WORTH YOUR TIME
Shadowless Sword is a missed opportunity, and the blame falls squarely on the shoulders of director Young-jun Kim and screenwriter Paul Sheen.
The premise is pretty timeless. In 10th century Korea, the Balhae kingdom has been overthrown by invaders. There is a resistance […]
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Country: Korea
Genre: Drama
Director: Ki-duk Kim
Year: 2001
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
So, what are we to make of Bad Guy, from director and poet of the perverse Kim Ki-Duk?
While in downtown Seoul, pimp Han-ki (Jae-hyeon Jo) fixates on college girl Sun-hwa (Won Seo). He sits down on a park bench next to her. When she finally notices […]
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Country: Korea
Genre: Action/ Drama/ Martial Arts/ Romance/ Comedy
Director: Ha Yu
Year: 2004
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
Once Upon a Time in High School is an unexpected delight. With that title, I was expecting a ton of martial arts and junior varsity gangster stuff, with comic overtones. Instead, Once Upon a Time in High School is a memory […]
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Country: Korea
Genre: Action/Drama/Suspense
Director: Yoon-Hyun Chang
Year: 2004
Rating:
NOT WORTH YOUR TIME
Some is proof that competent filmmaking is not enough — you have to have an elegant, concise script to go along with it.
Some begins with Seo Yu-jin (Ji-hyo Song) experiencing her own death. In her own mind, she rewinds to the present and wakes up.
Okay, […]
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Country: Korea
Genre: Action/Drama
Director: Ji-woon Kim
Year: 2005
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
The first image in A Bittersweet Life is the swaying of tree limbs in the wind. On the soundtrack, a narrator tells us of a disciple who asked his master, “Which is moving, the wind or the trees?” The master answers, “Neither. It’s your heart and […]