I love it when I come across a movie list of a specific genre and see movies I never heard of. A couple of weeks ago I read one about Korean movies and had seen all of them except this one. It’s a movie that I hadn’t heard of at all, so I was very interested to check it out and had high hopes when I started watching this crime movie. Continue reading
Last week the Monday Question was about Revenge movies. Dan Heaton from the Public Transportation Snob blog (which is an excellent movie blog worth checking out by the way) suggested Point Blank, which I had never seen. My thoughts on it after the break. Continue reading
The weekend is behind us. After all that relaxing it is time to get those brain cells fired up again and what better way to start it by thinking about movies? This week’s Monday Morning Question: What are your favorite revenge movies? Continue reading
Lady Vengeance is the third film of Park Chan-Wook’s revenge trilogy (the other two are Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and Oldboy). The protagonist is Lee Geum-ja (Lee Young Ae) who has just been released from prison after she was sentenced to go there for murdering a little boy. She’s innocent though and has been able to plan her revenge on the real killer (played by Choi Min-Sik). During her prison sentence she made a name for herself and after her release she can use the friends she made there to execute her plan. Continue reading
Revenge movies. It’s a genre in which South Korea seems to be specialised. At least that’s my conclusion after having seen several of them. These films are not afraid to show violence in all its gruesome detail and manage to shock and make you feel something while you are watching it. I Saw the Devil takes the revenge idea a bit further than expected as just getting revenge once does not seem to be enough. While you are watching you will feel uncomfortable about this story in which Kim Soo-hyeon (Byung-hun Lee (The Good, The Bad, The Weird)) wants to have revenge on a serial killer, Kyung-Chul (played by Min-sik Choi (Oldboy)), who has murdered his wife. Continue reading
Just imagine walking on the street, being kidnapped and being held in a normal apartment. You are free to move around the apartment and do you own things, but there is no way to leave. Every day you receive food through a hole in the door and every night you are forced to fall asleep as gas is injected into the room. You have no idea why you are there and how long it will be until you are released. Days turn into weeks, weeks slowly turn into years. What would you do if you are suddenly released after 15 years? Continue reading
Michael Caine is a fantastic actor that always impresses with the roles he’s playing. His role in Harry Brown is no exception. The film has similarities with Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino. An older man is harassed by people in the neighbourhood and decides to do something about it. Michael Caine might be 77, but when you see him in this movie you would not think so. He knows his way with guns and runs a couple of times. Harry Brown is a wonderful revenge movie.
Score: 9