Director: Hyeong-Joon Kim
Year: 2010
Plot: "When a beautiful young woman is found butchered into six parts by a river, with an arm missing, Kang a forensic pathologist is beckoned for one last job. "
I have seen a few movies like this one. The base of this story and others is that someone is kidnapped and instead of going to the less than useful police, they handle it themselves. This one happened to be more than what I was expecting. I am very glad I didn't let the seemingly normal Korean thriller plot to stop me from watching. Based on this, I know I shouldn't be put off by the 'overdone' plot, like some people are. The last three movies I have seen with this same basic plot (the kidnapping and all) have turned out to be great movies.
On IMDb, this is listed as a thriller/horror, but I don't see even a little bit of horror in this. Thus, I chose to put this movie's review on this blog rather than my horror one. Now, back to the movie. Like I said, it starts off like a few of the other Korean thrillers I have watched, but it has some differences. One of the things that really stands out, is that though most of the police force are worthless, there is one detective that seems to know how to actually do her job.
The other big difference in this movie is the ending. I was expecting an ending much like some of the others I have seen, but this was completely different. I absolutely did not see some of that ending coming; okay, I didn't see most of that ending coming. On another site, someone said they found it to be too much like Oldboy. I do see a small similarity, but nothing that would really seem like they are copying an idea in anyway.
I would definitely suggest watching this movie. I am pretty sure you won't see the ending coming and will enjoy it, even if it does seem to slow down a bit. I did question a bit whether I should rate this 4 or 5 stars, because some scenes were a little drawn out. It is the ending though that made me rate it the way I did.
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