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Review: Failan (Song Hae-sung, 2001)
Posted on January 26, 2012 | No CommentsKang-jae is low-level gangster, a hoodlum who receives no respect from the gang that he runs with, he is seen as no more than a washed up and gutless slob . Following his release from a ten day jail sentence – for selling porno videotapes to teenagers – Kang-jae tries... -
Guest Post: “We Saw the Devil…”
Posted on December 14, 2011 | No CommentsEditor’s note: This is a guest post from Stewart Sutherland of Podcast on Fire.. ‘Korean revenge thrillers’ probably bring one name to mind – Park Chan-wook. Park’s Vengeance trilogy shook the world and for many years the genre has been his, although experimental “genre master” director Kim Jee-woon introduced the... -
Review: I Saw The Devil (Kim Jee-woon, 2010)
Posted on March 1, 2011 | No CommentsA psychopath kills a woman. An innocent woman. A beautiful woman. Imagine the plight of her soon-to-be-husband, who loves her and dotes on her. That is the premise. I Saw the Devil is the revenge. Review If one were to ask me the greatest script ever written, or the most... -
Review: I Saw The Devil (Kim Jee-woon, 2010)
Posted on November 7, 2010 | 4 CommentsAfter the brutal murder of his fiance, state policeman Soo-hyun takes two weeks leave, but the time off isn’t to rest and get over his recent loss, it’s to hunt down the killer and exact revenge… Review Refused a certification which would allow the film to play in front of... -
Review: The Quiet Family (Kim Jee-woon, 1998)
Posted on January 30, 2010 | No CommentsThe Kang family have moved from the city to the countryside to start a family business by opening their own lodge. When the very first guest at the house seems to commit suicide, the family panic over what to do. Fearing that the death of their guest will bring bad... -
Review: Crying Fist (Ryoo Seung-wan, 2005)
Posted on October 6, 2009 | No CommentsKang Tae-shik is an aging boxer with his glory days behind him. Although a silver medallist in the Asian Games in 1990, he’s now a poor man chased by debt-collectors and with little to offer his increasingly distant wife and son. He spends his days on the streets letting passers-by...