Memories of Murder (2003)
(Sarineui chueok)
Country: KOR
Technical: col 131m
Director: Bong Joon-Ho
Cast: Song Kang-Ho, Kim Sang-Kyung, Kim Rwe-Ha
Synopsis:
Detectives in South Korea grapple with a ruthless and undetectable serial killer who targets young women on rainy nights and has a penchant for a particular record played on the radio.
Review:
Initially satirical (police incompetence coupled with coerced confessions), this fundamentally factual procedural becomes increasingly poignant and compassionate as simplistic, violent cop and reflective, scrupulous city assignee gradually reverse roles, the young idealist becoming as tainted and personally engaged as the Pitt character in Se7en. A gripping tale, with some genuinely tense night scenes and gruesome detail.
(Sarineui chueok)
Country: KOR
Technical: col 131m
Director: Bong Joon-Ho
Cast: Song Kang-Ho, Kim Sang-Kyung, Kim Rwe-Ha
Synopsis:
Detectives in South Korea grapple with a ruthless and undetectable serial killer who targets young women on rainy nights and has a penchant for a particular record played on the radio.
Review:
Initially satirical (police incompetence coupled with coerced confessions), this fundamentally factual procedural becomes increasingly poignant and compassionate as simplistic, violent cop and reflective, scrupulous city assignee gradually reverse roles, the young idealist becoming as tainted and personally engaged as the Pitt character in Se7en. A gripping tale, with some genuinely tense night scenes and gruesome detail.
(Sarineui chueok)
Country: KOR
Technical: col 131m
Director: Bong Joon-Ho
Cast: Song Kang-Ho, Kim Sang-Kyung, Kim Rwe-Ha
Synopsis:
Detectives in South Korea grapple with a ruthless and undetectable serial killer who targets young women on rainy nights and has a penchant for a particular record played on the radio.
Review:
Initially satirical (police incompetence coupled with coerced confessions), this fundamentally factual procedural becomes increasingly poignant and compassionate as simplistic, violent cop and reflective, scrupulous city assignee gradually reverse roles, the young idealist becoming as tainted and personally engaged as the Pitt character in Se7en. A gripping tale, with some genuinely tense night scenes and gruesome detail.