Viewed – 13 June 2011 Blu-ray
In recent years, South Korean cinema has begun to steal the limelight from it’s Japanese neighbours with a slew of acclaimed thrillers, more often than not in the revenge subgenre made famouse by Park Chan Wook’s much-hyped Vengeance Trilogy (Oldboy, Sympathy For Mr Vengeance and Lady Venegance). These brilliantly made thrillers pushed the envelope when it came to on-screen violence and remain three of the more disturbing movies available. Directed by Jee-Woon Kim (A Tale Of Two Sisters) this follows the story of a Police Detective who vows revenge against a brutal serial killer after his wife is kidnapped and murdered. Yet spinning the concept on its head, rather that just tracking down and arresting the killer, he plays a game of catch and release in an effort to place the killer in the same suffering and pain the detective’s wife experienced.
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