2003 Archive

  • Review Sky Blue is a Korean animated science fiction film that was simply not as big a hit as it should have been. Released in 2003 and with a $30 Million budget, it disappointingly mostly just did the festival circuit, before finding somewhat of a home on DVD. There is...

    Review: Sky Blue (Kim Moon-saeng / 2003)

    Review Sky Blue is a Korean animated science fiction film that was simply not as big a hit as it should have been. Released in 2003 and with a $30 Million budget, it disappointingly mostly just did the festival circuit, before finding somewhat of a home on DVD. There is...

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  • Uijeongbu, 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: The Uninvited (Lee Su-yeon / 2003)

    Uijeongbu, 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...

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  • When female gang boss Eun-jin is involved in a fall from a building she is miraculously unhurt except for one small problem – she has lost her memory and has no recollection of who she is. Taken home and cared for by Yoon Jae-Choi, the owner of a local restaurantt,...

    Review: My Wife Is A Gangster 2 (Jeong Heung-sun / 2003)

    When female gang boss Eun-jin is involved in a fall from a building she is miraculously unhurt except for one small problem – she has lost her memory and has no recollection of who she is. Taken home and cared for by Yoon Jae-Choi, the owner of a local restaurantt,...

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  • Kim Bong-du – the ‘Mr Kim’ of the title – is a good teacher but with little sense of responsibility and a complete lack of morals when it comes to money. When his actions embarrass the school he is employed by, he is offered one chance to redeem himself –...

    Review: My Teacher, Mr Kim (Jang Gyu-seong / 2003)

    Kim Bong-du – the ‘Mr Kim’ of the title – is a good teacher but with little sense of responsibility and a complete lack of morals when it comes to money. When his actions embarrass the school he is employed by, he is offered one chance to redeem himself –...

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  • Sisters Su-mi and Su-yeon arrive home after time away for treatment of an illness. The girls have a very close and happy relationship with each other but are united in their dislike of their stepmother, a problem that their father seems content to ignore. Enjoying the comfort of a big...

    Review: A Tale of Two Sisters (Kim Ji-woon / 2003)

    Sisters Su-mi and Su-yeon arrive home after time away for treatment of an illness. The girls have a very close and happy relationship with each other but are united in their dislike of their stepmother, a problem that their father seems content to ignore. Enjoying the comfort of a big...

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  • Wu Young-min is the head of security at a shopping mall which is about to reopen after a terrible fire. An ex-cop, he is haunted by the tragic event which resulted in his decision to leave the police force. When a young woman is found dead inside the mall and...

    Review: Into The Mirror (Kim Sung-ho / 2003)

    Wu Young-min is the head of security at a shopping mall which is about to reopen after a terrible fire. An ex-cop, he is haunted by the tragic event which resulted in his decision to leave the police force. When a young woman is found dead inside the mall and...

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  • 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 the hope that he will...

    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 the hope that he will...

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