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Review: Sector 7 (Kim Ji-hoon, 2011)
Posted on January 4, 2012 | 1 CommentA team working on a sea rig off of the southern tip of Jeju Island fails in their attempts to find oil. When a member of senior management arrives on board it appears that the operation is to be closed down but, surprisingly, they are instead given several more months... -
KOFFIA 2011: The Films… Part 2
Posted on August 14, 2011 | No CommentsContinuing our coverage of this years Korean film Festival In Australia (KOFFIA) here’s Part 2 of our overview of the films screening - check out our introduction to this years KOFFIA festival here and Part 1 of the films overview here… Bedevilled (Jang Chul-soo / 2010) It’s safe to say... -
Blu-ray Review: A Tale of Two Sisters (Kim Jee-woon, 2003)
Posted on April 3, 2011 | No CommentsIn the eight years since its original release Kim Jee-woon’s A Tale of Two Sisters (2003) has established its status as a classic of Korean cinema. It’s been remade by Hollywood as The Uninivited (Charles Guard, Thomas Guard, USA: 2009) and its director has consistently delivered crowd-pleasing projects within various... -
Review: Thirst (Park Chan-wook, 2009)
Posted on March 3, 2011 | No CommentsSang-hyeon, a priest who is questioning his faith, volunteers to help in the search for a vaccine for deadly virus by being injected himself. Almost dying, he suddenly makes a miraculous recovery. As he recovers he develops characteristics of vampirism and as he develops a relationship with a young girl... -
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: The Uninvited (Lee Su-yeon, 2003)
Posted on February 28, 2011 | 2 CommentsUijeongbu, the present. Interior decorator Kang Jung-won begins the long journey home on the Seoul subway. As he sleeps, a single mother and her two daughters board, seating themselves nearby. At the last stop, he wakes to find the girls are dead and their mother missing, but in his panic... -
Review: Ghosts of War / aka, R-Point (Kong Su-chang, 2004)
Posted on February 4, 2011 | 2 CommentsVietnam, 1972. Private Kim and Lieutenant Choi, a distinguished officer who was awarded the Choong Moo for service in defence of his country, are on R & R. They take up with some hookers in Nha Trang, but in the night Kim is murdered. Choi finds and executes the assassin,... -
Review: Missing (Kim Sung-hong, 2009)
Posted on January 12, 2011 | 2 CommentsHyun-ah travels with a film director into the countryside to discuss a potential film role. Taking a break at a farm for some fresh chicken soup, the strange owner of the farm suddenly attacks the director and knocks Hyun-ah unconscious – when she awakes to find herself held hostage she... -
![On 3 November 2010 director Kim Jee-woon attended the London Korean film Festival to introduce his most recent film, the controversial I Saw The Devil. A couple of hours before the screening he was kind enough to answer some questions for Colette Balmain.. [Colette Balmain]: One of the main themes...](http://newkoreancinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/kim-jee-woon-banner-115x115.jpg "“Eating sushi with a little less wasabi”: Interview with Kim Jee-woon")
“Eating sushi with a little less wasabi”: Interview with Kim Jee-woon
Posted on November 29, 2010 | No CommentsOn 3 November 2010 director Kim Jee-woon attended the London Korean film Festival to introduce his most recent film, the controversial I Saw The Devil. A couple of hours before the screening he was kind enough to answer some questions for Colette Balmain.. [Colette Balmain]: One of the main themes... -
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...