A Hong Kong Japanese South Korean horror directed by Fruit Chan, Park Chan-wook and Takashi Miike.
Three short story films are presented. See my post on Dumplings for the first. The second involves an acting extra who has conflict with the film director. The third is about performing sisters who have a conflict over incestual fatherly love that leads one to kill the other.
Far-Eastern films always have something special, don't they? The plots of these three stories definitely held my attention. The characters were just deep enough to fill the length and not seem like dull people. The video was extremely varied with many techniques and the audio all sounded good. It was in the original languages and had good subtitles. I would go on a little bit more, but I don't want to spoil it. Overall, this is very much worth watching. I rate it good. Watch it!
A South Korean crime drama by Park Chan-wook.A deaf mute is trying to get his sister a kidney transplant. He sells his kidney to organ thieves who don't pay him and when a suitable donor comes up, he lacks the funds because the organ thieves took all of his money. The brother and sister team kidnap the owner of the factory where our main character was fired from in an effort to raise the money. The sister kills herself and while the main character is burying her (as per her wishes by a river), the kidnapped daughter drowns. It only gets more complicated from there.Convoluted plot and too many characters don't work out very well here. This is part of a trilogy including Oldboy and Sympathy for Mrs. Vengeance. Needless to say, Mrs Vengeance will not be reviewed here. Because it's overcomplicated and confusing, I rate this bad.
A South Korean crime mystery directed by Park Chan-wook.A man is imprisoned for 15 years without knowing why. When he is released, he finds himself in a tangled web of conspiracy and violence.Let's talk about murky plots! I know the main character is supposed to be confused by the situation, but is the viewer to suffer this same condition? The characters were not very identifiable, as one Korean in a business suit looks much like another to me. Obviously the plot and characters don't get rated very well. The style was alright and the production value was good. However, I don't see what good that does for the film in this case. One of the redeeming factors was the creative violence. The main character rips some guys' teeth out with a claw hammer and ends up cutting his own tongue off with scissors. Pretty brutal! I'm rating it poor for murkiness of plot.
