![]() ![]() I find that Koreans can be very self-minded and close themselves too much from people they do not know. However, I believe this is the total opposite when it comes to societal issues. Everybody thinks Korea has a collectivist culture, whereas the US has an individualist one. And I think this is a huge issue in South Korea. The main message was, like I mentioned above, based on the bystander effect and how if there are people around, a person is less likely to help a victim out. One prominent element of this movie that I adore is its message(s). Watching, I really appreciated the importance of background music, and realized how much sound adds to the quality of the film. Also, the music production was done very well. After this, the rest of the film had a few jump scares, which I’m not the biggest fan of, but they were manageable. With silence running through the theater with no music, the pictures on the screen were mysterious and creepy (in a good way). Must say, the audience reaction added a more entertaining aspect to the film.įurthermore, the start of the film was incredible in my opinion. I think this was one of the few movies that I’ve watched in theaters (that wasn’t a horror film) where the audience screamed and were genuinely scared and creeped out. I don’t want to get too specific because I don’t want to spoil it for you, but the scenes of the murderer chasing down his victims, and the spine-tingling quotes were just a few of the many suspenseful and thrilling scenes of the motion picture. The suspense was incredible throughout the film, and there were many moments where I could feel the chills running down my back. was a thriller genre movie, and oh boy did it thrill. With the criminal watching his every move, and the cops urging him to speak up, Sang-Hoon is awake in a living nightmare. The husband and father of a daughter must now protect his family, and the only way believes he can do this is by not saying anything. ![]() ![]() He has just been marked as the next target. As he gets his phone out and dials the police, he makes eye contact with the killer, and sees the murderer pointing and counting the floor he is on. He goes out to the balcony to see what’s going on, and he witnesses a murder scene taking place. In the middle of the night, Sang-Hoon hears a scream outside his new apartment. However, maybe because I wasn’t expecting much, the film surprised me with its ability to keep me at the edge of my seat. The director isn’t very famous, as I haven’t watched any of his previous films and the ratings for those movies aren’t very good- and were the previous two movies he directed, in case you were wondering. Directed by Jo Kyu-Jang, it features Lee Sung-Min as the head of a household that must protect his family from a serial killer, played by Kwak Si-Yang. The film was made in 2017, but distributed and released in theaters on August 15 th, 2018. This isn’t the only social problem the movie addresses, however, as there were multiple significant social issues presented that Korea is facing. The film took influence from the event and adapted it with the current social problems of Korea, and highlighted the “bystander effect,” which was induced by the original murder case. was inspired by a murder incident that took place in New York City in 1964, called Murder of Kitty Genovese. Brace yourself for some action-packed suspense in this new Korean thriller. However, I enjoyed this the most amongst the three. I didn’t’ have high expectations for, as the director is not very well known and the film wasn’t promoted as much as the other two films that were released earlier in August, and. Man oh man was this an unexpected thrill ride. ![]()
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