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Review: My Sassy Girl (Kwak Jae-young, 2001)
Posted on August 12, 2010 | 3 CommentsOn his way home college student Kyun-woo notices a young girl in the subway station who appears to be too near the edge of the tracks. Almost drunk to the point of unconsciousness, she barely notices Kyun-woo moving her back to safety. On the train journey itself the young girl... -
Review: Secret Reunion (Jang Hoon, 2010)
Posted on July 18, 2010 | No CommentsAn attempt to capture a North Korean spy by the National Intelligence Service (N.I.S.) goes badly and in the aftermath two men are dismissed by their agencies. The N.I.S. expel Agent Lee, an obsessive man happy to ignore protocol in order to do his job. The North Korean spy is... -
Review: Dasepo Naughty Girls (Lee Je-yong, 2006)
Posted on June 17, 2010 | No CommentsBoth students and teachers at the No Use High School are quite unconventional when it comes to their sexual habits – which are liberal to say the least – and Dasepo Naughty Girls follows several students struggling with teen-issues within this highly charged environment … Review Based on a popular... -
Review: The Good, The Bad, The Weird (Kim Jee-woon, 2008)
Posted on June 1, 2010 | No CommentsA heist is arranged by cold-bloodied-killer-with-a-reputation-to-match Chang-yi to steal a map that is being transported by train but before he can get his hands on the document it is stolen by a thief by the name of Tae-goon. During all of the commotion of the heist a third character appears... -
Review: To Catch A Virgin Ghost (Shin Jeong-won, 2004)
Posted on June 1, 2010 | No CommentsSeok-tae decides to rip-off the group of gangsters that he works for and leaves the city carrying a bag full of diamonds. After having a road accident he finds himself stranded in a tiny village where the friendly villagers welcome him in to their homes and let him stay for... -
Review: Vampire Cop Ricky (Lee Si-myung, 2006)
Posted on March 21, 2010 | No CommentsNa-do is a corrupt cop who, after being bitten by a mosquito carrying vampire blood, finds himself quite partial to the taste of the red stuff. He also discovers that he sprouts a pair of fangs and has incredible strength when ever he is sexually aroused. When the gangsters that... -
Review: The Foul King (Kim Jee-woon, 2000)
Posted on February 10, 2010 | No CommentsDae-ho is in a dead-end job as a bank clerk – a position which bores him. He is both verbally and physically bullied by his boss and feels that he has no direction and little worthwhile in his life. When he stumbles across a local wrestling centre he is inspired... -
Review: Chaw (Shin Jung-won, 2009)
Posted on February 7, 2010 | No CommentsA peaceful rural village becomes terrorised when the remains of several missing people are found. The local investigators – who are joined by two city policemen in the investigation – think that there is a wild animal on the lose and try to work out how to stop it, something... -
Review: Tell Me Something (Chang Yoon-hyung, 1999)
Posted on February 5, 2010 | No CommentsDetective Cho is on the case of a particularly horrific serial killer – victims are found chopped into pieces which are mixed up with other victims and then left to be found by members of the public. As the limbs are collected they seem to form a pattern which suggests... -
Review: To Sir, With Love (Im Dae-woong, 2006)
Posted on January 30, 2010 | No CommentsRetired teacher Ms Park is suffering from a debilitating illness. She is cared for by one of her former students who decides that as a gift for her old teacher she will arrange a reunion of some of her now adult students. As the guests arrive it appears to be...