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1. Peter Butlin

   Posted November 26, 2009 at 12:29 PM

   Great website, great article, I will be coming here regularly for the latest news.

   thanx
2. TchmilFan

   Posted November 27, 2009 at 7:07 PM

   Not to forget that Park said that he wanted to make a film that his “daughter could watch”… er… maybe without the gunfire?

   + — + charging + — +
3. theblackpattern

   Posted December 14, 2009 at 8:53 PM

   I loved this film! What a fantastically original thriller. Alternately expertly between slow-burning suspense, horror, and drama, Na Hong-jin has my attention! I’m excitedly looking for to his next, The Murderer, which sadly doesn’t have a lot of information I can find on it. Thanks for the great review!
4. theblackpattern

   Posted December 14, 2009 at 9:03 PM

   I decided to give this movie a go based purely on Shin Ha-kyun being the lead, as I loved him in JSA, Thirst, and the Vengeance films. Like yourself, given the zany poster I believed this to be a wacky, fun comedy. I was misled and couldn’t have been more pleased to find a film that exceeds and expectations the viewer could have about what they’re getting into. Another great review, thank you!
5. almostsomething

   Posted December 15, 2009 at 12:52 PM

   Thanks for the comments!

   There’s not alot of info around on Na Hong-jin’s follow up ‘Murderer’, but here’s what I’ve seen:
   The film will be co-produced with 20th Century Fox and enters principle photography early 2010. Murderer will be directed by Na Hong-jin and is based on his own script. Interestingly he has already cast the two stars from The Chaser – Ha Jung-woo and Kim Yun-seok – in this. The plot details which have been revealed are that ‘Murderer’ is the story of man from the Korean autonomous prefecture of Yanbian, who sets sail for South Korea for a hit – i.e. to assassinate someone. He is paid only $500 in advance and told nothing about his target. Of course, things don’t quite go the way he is hoping…
   Should be good!
6. Philip

   Posted January 8, 2010 at 12:07 AM

   I watched Haeundae on R2 DVD the other day. I came to it with an open mind, and found it to be a huge disappointment. Maybe it was the international edit, but it all seemed a bit disjointed. I loved it when it started raining containers from that big container ship though!
7. almostsomething

   Posted January 8, 2010 at 10:15 AM

   That’s a view held by lots of people, I found that I took it the other way (and in the vein that all of these disaster films are put together) and found alot to like. In fact, I thought the containers scene was very funny but a little out of tone with the second half of the film. It definitely seems to be a film which divides its viewers!