1. OLD BOY (2003)
Old boy is one hell of a movie. It is a movie that's characterized by surrealism, gritty violence and raw feeling. The theme is concerning revenge and the way it destroys one person. When viewing it, it left me silent for over 5 minutes to contemplate on what I even have seen. It had been merely a masterpiece.
This film, which was warmly received by critics before the murders, stars Choi Min-sik, one of his country’s most popular actors, as a businessman held prisoner in a hotel room for 15 years, unaware of his kidnapper’s motives.“Old boy” (2003), which inspired a South Korean student to go on a shooting rampage on a Virginia college campus, killing 33 people, including himself. The acting is foremost during this film. Choi Min-sik and Yu Ji-tae were merely superb as Oh Daesu and Lee Woo-jin respectively. The characters are given emotional depth that one might sympathize for. They were not merely categorized as either good or evil, however, they were allowed to feel raw emotion. The shorts and scenes are well-made with amazing camera work and the background music was superb.
2. I SAW THE DEVIL (2010)
Charismatic Korean star Choi Min-sik found international fame as a man bent on revenge in Park Chan-wook’s Old boy. In director Kim Jee-woon’s wildly violent, genre-pushing vengeance pic (I Saw the Devil),Choi goes to town as the embodiment of murdering, torturing evil; This time he’s a serial killer being tracked by the government agent (Lee Byung-hun) whose pregnant fiancée is killed and dismembered in the film’s gory opening.
But this is no ordinary revenge caper. The G-man quickly tracks down the killer, beats him to a pulp, implants a tracking device and lets him escape — so the whole process can be repeated over and over and over, even if it means more women must die. He desires the outlaw to suffer the maximum amount as his victims did.
You’ll squirm in your seat as blood flows and bodies crunch for nearly 2½ hours. Even so, “I Saw the Devil” is a masterpiece of its genre — superbly acted, directed, filmed and composed.
You won’t soon forget it — if you have the guts to see it.
3.NO MERCY (2010)
Unforgiving vengeance - a must-watch thriller
The pathologist Kang Min-ho, one of the first to apply rigorous scientific procedure in autopsies, working for some time with the police investigation. Simply once his girl is returning from a long period of study in the US, he was given the mandate to examine the corpse of a girl brutally mutilated. Kang applies to the case with diligence sailed, but his professional detachment disintegrates when connecting the late arrival of his daughter with the alleged murderer. The prime suspect may be a radical reformer, Yoon Jong-gang, who quietly admits that he 'seize' the women, however he tells Kang Min-ho that his girl can solely be free, if your doctor are going to be able to clear him of murder and convey it back to freedom. Kang is forced to tamper with proof, in an exceedingly desperate plan to free his girl.
Indeed, if viewed as a whole, the film directed and written by Kim Hyeong-joon is probably still a little under the films like, I saw the devil, Vengeance Trilogy, Memories of murder, but that does not mean his work is not to present the same sensation. Yes, you could say that No Mercy, which is one of South Korea's best thrillers. With a great cast, intelligent plot, incorporating elements such as investigation style of forensic investigators on the U.S. TV series, CSI or Bones within the first minute and so now 'sharp turn' once coming into the most conflict. The series of scenes race against the clock and combined with the power to regulate the things.
Kim Hyeong-Jun given the resolutions that are well measured at frequent intervals, so we have a tendency to get surprised from one turn to the next point.
Not several films dare to basically depress their audience: NO MERCY is not a cheerful movie, and hence it does not gear towards an advert happy finish. Instead, the reward for the broad-minded audience may be a sharp story with a determined, rational and however shocking (more or less) ending that does not compromise. So if you cannot stand the warmth, keep out of the room.
Kim Hyeong-Jun was so kind though as to present us NO MERCY wrapped in gorgeous visuals and a formidable soundtrack – it's almost like a concession to ease the viewer's pain. Even if it doesn't really make NO MERCY more comfortable to watch – other than Kang at least the audience receives a bit of mercy after all.
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