Tag Archives: South Korea

Review: The Throne (South Korea 2015)

Posted on October 10, 2017 by David

The Throne is a perfect example of turgid, by-the-numbers Korean historical drama. This looong story of about a medieval king who infamously locked his son in a rice chest for 8 days until he died is full of weeping and … Continue reading →

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NYAFF 2017 Review: Fabricated City (South Korea 2017)

Posted on July 11, 2017 by David

So, so, so dumb but so, so, so fun. Fabricated City starts off with our lead, disaffected loner Kwon Ju (Ji Chang-wook) going into battle in a multi-player war game with his team of random internet gaming geeks, performing crazy … Continue reading →

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NYAFF 2017 Review: Split (South Korea 2016)

Posted on July 9, 2017 by David

The festival program describes Split as a mash-up of Rain Man and Kingpin, and that’s exactly right.  The problem is that there is way too much Rain Man, and way too little Kingpin.  It’s a bowling dramedy, but weighted heavily … Continue reading →

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Review: Seoul Station aka 서울역 (South Korea 2016)

Posted on June 1, 2017 by David

Seoul Station is an animated prequel to one of my favorite genre films of last year, the chaotic zombie thriller Train to Busan (reviewed here).  I say prequel, but as a practical matter, Seoul Station is less a prequel than another … Continue reading →

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Review: Train to Busan (South Korea 2016)

Posted on May 7, 2017 by David

Holy shit, THAT is how you do a zombie movie! I’m not usually a fan of fast zombies, but this mash-up of 28 Days Later’s panicky plague and Snowpiercer’s “class war on a train” is great fun, wasting little time … Continue reading →

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Review: Empire of Lust (South Korea 2015)

Posted on April 2, 2017 by David

Trashy enough to live up to its title, Empire of Lust is a hilariously overwrought and deeply, deeply silly historical action/drama that takes itself deadly seriously. Full of preening villains, sexy femme fatales, and convoluted scheming, Empire of Lust wants … Continue reading →

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