thriller Archive

  • Review: Secret Reunion (Jang Hoon / 2010)

    Review: Secret Reunion (Jang Hoon / 2010)

    An 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....

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  • Review: No Blood No Tears (Ryoo Seung-wan / 2002)

    Review: No Blood No Tears (Ryoo Seung-wan / 2002)

    Su-ji is an ex-criminal who drives a taxi to make a living. When the girlfriend of a local gangster crashes into her car, Su-ji finds herself dragged into dealing with both people from her past life and that the young girlfriend – Kyeong-seon – won’t...

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  • Review: The Quiet Family (Kim Ji-woon / 1998)

    Review: The Quiet Family (Kim Ji-woon / 1998)

    The 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...

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  • Review: Save The Green Planet  (Jang Joon-hwan / 2003)

    Review: Save The Green Planet (Jang Joon-hwan / 2003)

    Byung-gu believes that aliens reside on earth and that they are responsible for all the problems on the planet. He decides that the wealthy and successful businessman Kang Man-shik is a top alien and so, along with his girlfriend Sooni, he kidnaps the man in...

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  • Review: The Chaser (Na Hong-jin / 2008)

    Review: The Chaser (Na Hong-jin / 2008)

    Jung-ho is a pimp with a problem – his girls seem to be running away. Struggling to maintain his ‘business’, he sends one of his remaining girls to see a client. Realising that there’s something not quite right about the situation and that this client...

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  • Review: H (Lee Jong-hyuk / 2002)

    Review: H (Lee Jong-hyuk / 2002)

    Three pregnant women are found hideously murdered in a manner that bears a resemblance to the infamous serial killer Shin Hyun. Unfortunately for Detectives Kim and Kang, Shin Hyun was already locked up in prison at the time of the killings, so they fear that...

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