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Bong Joon Ho
Screenplay -
Park Yong-ki
ADR Mixer -
Lee Jeon-hyoung
Visual Effects Supervisor -
Ryu Seong-hie
Production Design -
Jung Doo-hong
Fight Choreographer -
Jung Do-ahn
Special Effects Supervisor -
Miky Lee
Executive Producer -
Hong Kyung-pyo
Director of Photography
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CinemaSerf 7/17/2023 3:32:44AM
This is a corking film from Bong Joon Ho with an equally super performance from Hye-ja Kim as the "Mother". Her son "Soon Do-joon" (Won Bin) is accused of murdering a young girl. The police seem convinced of his guilt and her lawyer suggests he be detained in an hospital - rather than a prison - so she sets out, determinedly, to establish his innocence. As she takes to her task, she soon becomes obsessed, her own mental stability begins to wobble and we are drawn into a dark, almost sombre, crime thriller. It has plenty of twists and turns, and by the end (which comes pretty much from the left field) I almost felt exhausted. This is as engrossing a film as I've seen in many years, with an excellent (almost Andalusian in style) accompanying score - well worth watching. (Maybe less so if you are not so keen on acupuncture needles!)
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