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I Saw the Devil (2010): A Clash of Wills
Starring Byung-hun Lee ( A Bittersweet Life, The Good, the Bad, the Weird, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra) and Min-sik Choi (The Quiet Family, Oldboy, Crying Fist, Lady Vengeance) and directed by...
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The Good, The Bad, The Weird (2008): A Kimchi Western
The Good, the Bad, the Weird (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Written and directed by Jee-woon Kim (I Saw The Devil, A Tale of Two Sisters) and starring Kang-ho Song (Sympathy for Mr Vengeance, The Quiet...
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Thirst (2009): It’s In the Blood
There are a lot of people who watched this film simply because it’s by the iconic, cult favourite, South Korean director/auteur - Chan-wook Park. Chan-wook, who also co-wrote the screenplay with...
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Oldboy (2003): The First Cut is the Deepest **contains spoilers**
With Oldboy (Oldeuboi) about to get the “Hollywood” re-make treatment I decided it was time to talk about what I thought about the original film. Directed by Chan-wook Park as part two of his...
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Bedevilled (2010): A Bitter Pill to Swallow
Bedevilled (2010 film) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) It is not often that I find a Korean film that angers me as much as this film did. Directed by Chul-soo Jang it is his first time at bat in the motion...
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200 Pounds Beauty (2006): Life in Plastic, it’s Fantastic
Ha-Na and Jenny poster for 200 Pounds Beauty Directed by Yong-hwa Kim (who also co-wrote the screenplay with three others) 200 Pounds Beauty (Minyeo-neun goerowo) is a ‘feel good romantic comedy’ that...
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Missing (Sil jong) 2009: Grinding Gore
This South Korean horror/thriller film is based on true events. Between August and September in 2007 a 70-year-old fisherman murdered four women in Bosung South Korea. Notes from the entry of the film...
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R-Point (2004): Ghosts & Ghoulies Vietnamese style
This 2004 South Korean horror “war” film was the first horror film I’d seen set during a war. More importantly it was the first horror film set during the Vietnamese war. This highly unpopular war...
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Hansel and Gretel aka Henjel gwa Geuretel (2007): South Korean Grimm Tale
Directed and co-written by Pil-Sung Yim, Hansel & Gretel is a South Korean masterpiece that uses a Brothers Grimm palette to paint a dark fantasy/horror film. Driving through a mountainous area by...
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Tale of Two Sisters
Another “old” video review of Kim Jee-Woon’s brilliant film. Here’s a link to the trailer -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anF5XiN8QY8 Enjoy!
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