≡ Category: Drama, Korea, Suspense, Worth A Look | ≅ Leave a Comment
Country: Korea
Genre: Suspense/ Drama
Director: Han Seung-ryong
Year: 2007
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WORTH A LOOK
I’ve never really thought about this before, but noir, at least of the convoluted, coincidence-strewn type, almost demands a certain degree of stylization. Kitchen sink realism won’t cut it. And that’s probably the biggest problem with director Han Seung-ryong’s Off Road.
The screenwriter provides Han with multiple […]
≡ Category: Drama, Korea, Science Fiction, Worth A Look | ≅ Leave a Comment
Country: Korea
Genre: Science Fiction/ Drama
Director: In-ho Yun
Year: 2008
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WORTH A LOOK
It’s an old story. An elderly person tricks a young person into exchanging bodies, usually through some type of magic.
But that’s usually the climax. In The Devil’s Game, it’s only the beginning of the story. Screenwriter Kim Mi-ra’s inspiration is to imagine the horror of […]
≡ Category: Drama, Korea, Worth A Look | ≅ Leave a Comment
Country: Korea
Genre: Drama
Director: Ki-seon Hong
Year: 2009
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WORTH A LOOK
When you adapt the true story of a crime, you have a responsibility to the victims and their family to tell the truth, even if you have to alter some details for dramatic purposes. The Case of Itaewon Homicide fails this basic test.
I find out from […]
≡ Category: Action, Comedy, Drama, Korea, Martial Arts, Not Worth Your Time | ≅ Leave a Comment
Country: Korea
Genre: Action/ Drama/ Martial Arts/ Comedy
Director: Hyo-jin Kang
Year: 2007
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MOT WORTH YOUR TIME
When I sat down to watch Punch Lady, what I was expecting was a Korean version of the J. Lo vehicle Enough. I thought the major difference would be that the lows would be much lower, the difficulties would be more intense, […]
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Country: Korea
Genre: Action/ Drama/ Suspense
Director: Kim Hyeong-Joon
Year: 2010
Rating:
WORTH A LOOK
No Mercy starts out well enough. Someone has left the dissected body of a young girl in a rural location. It’s up to Medical Examiner Kang Min-ho (Kyung-gu Sol) and detective Min Seo-yeong (Hye-jin Han) to figure out who killed her and why.
We find […]
≡ Category: Drama, Essential, Korea, Romance | ≅ Leave a Comment
Country: Korea
Genre: Drama/ Romance
Director: Cheol-su Park
Year: 2005
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TRASH CINEMA ESSENTIAL MOVIE
I’ve been watching Asian cinema for about 30 years now, and during that time I’ve seen countless explicit sex scenes, but watching Green Chair, I actually found myself getting turned on. That’s a first.
Mun-hee (Jung Suh) has been sentenced to a short prison term, followed […]
≡ Category: Action, Comedy, Korea, Not Worth Your Time | ≅ Leave a Comment
Country: Korea
Genre: Action/ Comedy
Director: Beom-gu Cho
Year: 2006
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NOT WORTH YOUR TIME
Okay, here’s the setup. Three high school kids start a gang named The No Touch Clan. What is the object of this gang? To lay claim to a ditch that borders their high school by means of beating up anyone who challenges them. Why? Pride, […]
≡ Category: Action, Drama, Highly Recommended, Korea, Suspense | ≅ Leave a Comment
Country: Korea
Genre: Suspense/ Drama/ Action
Director: Shin-yeon Won
Year: 2006
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TRASH CINEMA HIGHLY RECOMMENDED MOVIE
Music professor Young-sun (Byeong-jun Lee) is driving former student In-jeong (Ye-ryeon Cha) home from an audition. The power of his position and his feelings of privilege and entitlement embolden him to attempt a seduction. In-jeong, having grown up in a loving upper middle […]
≡ Category: Action, Romance, Suspense, Worth A Look | ≅ Leave a Comment
Country: Korea
Genre: Suspense/ Romance/ Action
Director: Jong-seok Yoon
Year: 2009
Rating:
WORTH A LOOK
There is such a thing as having too many twists in a plot. In Marine Boy, the characters seem to be one thing, then another, then another, and then another yet again. The only point of stability is the title character. In the climax, the […]
≡ Category: Action, Comedy, Drama, Korea, Not Worth Your Time | ≅ Leave a Comment
Country: Korea
Genre: Action/ Drama/ Comedy
Director: Han-sol Shin
Year: 2005
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NOT WORTH YOUR TIME
Poor Byung-tae (Hyun-kyoon Lee). He’s one of those kids who seemed to be born with a sign on their back saying “Kick me.” His father, a policeman, keeps transferring Byung-tae from school to school, and each time, he instantly becomes the target of bullies. […]
