January 1953 and the Korean War has been dragging on for two and a half years. Negotiations for a peace treaty have broken down again over a minor quibble about where borders between the north and the south should be drawn yet again. Kang Eun-pyo, an intelligence officer in the South Korean army, in his frustration, lets off too much steam in public and finds himself in … [Read more...]
Review: Oldboy (2003, South Korea)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B000TQLJ14][/pullquote] In 2003 Park Chan-Wook released OldBoy, the second in a thematically connected trilogy between Sympathy for Mr Vengeance and Lady Vengeance (guess what the theme is). As well as being part of this loose trilogy of revenger's tragedies, OldBoy … [Read more...]