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NIGHT OF THE UNDEAD (2020) Reviews of Korean sci-fi comedy

NIGHT OF THE UNDEAD (2020) Reviews of Korean sci-fi comedy

Night of the Undead is a 2020 Korean sci-fi comedy horror film about a married woman who discovers her husband may be an alien serial killer. Directed by Jeong-won Shin [신정원] from a screenplay co-written with Hang-jun Jang. Produced by Ye-rim Shin. Executive produced by Sang-yun Kim. The Contents On production stars Lee Jung-hyun, Kim Sung-oh, Yeong-hie Seo, Dong-kun Yang, Mi-do Lee, Amy Aleha,…

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BEDEVILED [김복남 살린사군의 전말] Jang Cheol-soo Korea, 2010

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Choi Min-sik in Oldboy (Park Chan-wook, 2003)

Cast: Choi Min-sik, Yoo Ji-tae, Kang Hye-jeong, Kim Byeong-Ok, Ji Dae-han,  Yoon Jin-seo, Oh Dat-su. Screenplay: Park Chan-wook, Lim Joon-hyung, Hwang Jo-yun. Cinematography: Chung Chung-hoon. Production design: Ryu Seong-hie. Film editing: Kim Jae-beom, Kim Sang-beom. Music: Jo Yeong-wook. 

It's about as improbable a premise for a thriller you'll find: A man, out on a drunken spree, wakes up imprisoned in what looks like a cheap hotel room where he stays, not knowing who put him there or why, for 15 years. His only contact with the outside world is a television set; his food is slipped to him through a slot in the door, and occasionally gas that puts him to sleep is pumped in the room so that it can be cleaned while he is unconscious. Then one day he is suddenly released and provided with cash and a cell phone. He begins to hunt compulsively for answers about who has done this to him. It's a mad plot, riffing on themes of guilt and obsession that are worthy of Kafka or Dostoevsky, but instead are cast in the idiom of horror movies and martial arts films. Eventually, the protagonist, Oh Dae-su (Choi Min-sik), will find the answers to what he seeks, but the truth will be more shattering than satisfying. Oldboy won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Festival, and no one who knows movies will be surprised to find that the jury was presided over by Quentin Tarentino, who gets the same inspiration from violent pop culture that Park Chan-wook demonstrates. Park has said that he named his protagonist Oh Dae-su as a near homonym for Oedipus, who shared a similar fate when he discovered the truth. , Oldboy has provocative things to say about guilt and revenge, and Choi's performance as the abused and haunted Dae-su is superb. Yu Ji-tae is suavely menacing as the villain, and Kang Hye-jeong is touching as Mi-do, who aids Dae-su in his quest. There is a stunningly accomplished long take in the middle of the film in which the camera follows Dae-su as he single-handedly battles an army of opponents in a hallway that stretches across the wide screen like a frieze on the entablature of a temple. For once, however, a tour-de-force display of cinema technique doesn't overwhelm the rest of the film.

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Bedevilled (2010)

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[Last Film I Watched] Memories of Murder (2003)

[Last Film I Watched] Memories of Murder (2003)

Title: Memories of Murder Original Title: Salinui chueok Year: 2003 Country: South Korea Language: Korean, English Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery Director: Bong Joon-ho Writers: Bong Joon-ho Shim Sung-bo based on the play of Kim Kwang-rim Music: Tarô Iwashiro Cinematography: Kim Hyung-ku Cast: Song Kang-ho Kim Sang-kyung Song Jae-ho Kim Roe-ha Park No-shik Park Hae-il Jeon Mi-seon Byun Hee-bong Yoo…

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The Chaser (2008) (Votes: 45799, rating: 7.9)

Watch popular movies with BlueBox: http://bit.ly/BlueBoxMovies. A disgraced ex-policeman who runs a small ring of prostitutes finds himself in a race against time when one of his women goes missing. Director: Hong-jin Na Stars: Yoon-Seok Kim, Jung-woo Ha, Yeong-hie Seo, Yoo-Jeong Kim

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South Korean lawmakers on Thursday accused President Park Geun-hye of “broadly and gravely” violating the constitution as the country’s Constitutional Court began hearing oral arguments in her impeachment trial.

Constitutional Court’s Chief Judge Park Han-Chu attends a hearing on whether to confirm the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye at the court Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017, in Seoul, South Korea.

the jailed confidante of impeached South Korean President Park Geun-hye, appears for her trial at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017.

left, the jailed confidante of impeached South Korean President Park Geun-hye, appears for her trial at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017

, Park Geun-hye’s former senior secretary for policy coordination, appears for his trial at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017.

center, a former personal secretary of impeached President Park Geun-hye, arrives for his trial at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017.

presidential secretary Ahn Jong-beom, second from right, arrives for his trial at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017. Ahn, Park Geun-hye’s former senior secretary for policy coordination, allegedly directed former Health Minister Moon Hyung-pyo to pressure the National Pension Service to support a merger between two Samsung affiliates in 2015.

seong, a former personal secretary of impeached President Park Geun-hye, appears for his first trial at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017.

of the Constitutional Court sit during a hearing on whether to confirm the impeachment of President Park Geun-Hye at the court Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017, in Seoul, South Korea.

Constitutional Court sit during a hearing on whether to confirm the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye, at the Court Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017, in Seoul, South Korea.

The allegations were made as Park’s lawyers and lawmakers, who serve as prosecutors in the trial, traded pointed arguments over accusations she colluded with a confidante to extort money and favors from companies and allowed the friend to unlawfully interfere with government affairs.

The chief prosecutor in the trial, lawmaker Kweon Seong Dong, said Park abused her position by “broadly and gravely” violating the constitution to commit corruption and turn state affairs into a profit tool for her friend.

He said she had to be kicked out of the presidency to repair the damage she had caused to the country’s democracy.

After Park was impeached in the National Assembly last month, the Constitutional Court has six months to decide if she should permanently step down or be reinstated. If Park is formally removed from office, an election has to hold within 60 days.

Park’s lawyer, Lee Joong-hwan, said the accusations stated in the impeachment bill “lack evidence and fail to make legal sense” because they were based on allegations and media reports, not criminal convictions.

The hearing proceeded without Park, who refused to testify for the second time following her no-show on Tuesday. The nine-justice court cannot force Park to appear.

The court had planned to hear testimony from four of Park’s former and current aides suspected of helping Park’s jailed friend, Choi Soon-sil, but only one appeared.

The court was not able to deliver subpoenas to former aides Ahn Bong-geun and Lee Jae-man, who both worked with Park for nearly 20 years since her days as a lawmaker, and Lee Yeong-seon, a current aide, asked to appear at another date, the court said.

Park has publicly apologized for putting trust in Choi, but denied accusations by state prosecutors that she colluded with her friend in criminal activities. Prosecutors also indicted Choi’s niece and several former government and presidential officials who allegedly assisted Choi in manipulating state affairs and exploiting her connections with Park to amass an illicit fortune.

Park’s lawyers may prefer her not to testify because their chief argument is that the accusations against Park have not been fully proven, said Han Sang-hie, a law professor at Seoul’s Konkuk University. Park rejected requests by state prosecutors to question her and has yet to be questioned by the special prosecution team that has taken over the inquiry.

During Thursday’s hearings, Seo Seok-gu, another Park lawyer, argued that the investigation into Park was biased and suggested that the massive protests that pushed lawmakers to impeach her were influenced by groups sympathetic to North Korea.

Seo accused news organizations that reported on the scandal of demagoguery that he said threatens to make democracy “very dangerous,” and compared Park’s impeachment to the “unjust” deaths of Jesus Christ and ancient Greek philosopher Socrates.

SKorean lawmaker accuses president of violating constitution

South Korean lawmakers on Thursday accused President Park Geun-hye of “broadly and gravely” violating the constitution as the country’s Constitutional Court began hearing oral arguments in her impeachment trial.

SKorean lawmaker accuses president of violating constitution South Korean lawmakers on Thursday accused President Park Geun-hye of "broadly and gravely" violating the constitution as the country's Constitutional Court began hearing oral arguments in her impeachment trial.

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This is a movie I had never heard of until the Summer Challenge Series over on the Podcast Under the Stairs for the 2000s. It is a solid and somewhat brutal slasher film with a bit of mystery mixed in. Have you seen this modern, South Korean take on a popular sub-genre?

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South Korean lawmakers on Thursday accused President Park Geun-hye of “broadly and gravely” violating the constitution as the country’s Constitutional Court began hearing oral arguments in her impeachment trial.

Constitutional Court’s Chief Judge Park Han-Chu attends a hearing on whether to confirm the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye at the court Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017, in Seoul, South Korea.

the jailed confidante of impeached South Korean President Park Geun-hye, appears for her trial at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017.

left, the jailed confidante of impeached South Korean President Park Geun-hye, appears for her trial at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017

, Park Geun-hye’s former senior secretary for policy coordination, appears for his trial at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017.

center, a former personal secretary of impeached President Park Geun-hye, arrives for his trial at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017.

presidential secretary Ahn Jong-beom, second from right, arrives for his trial at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017. Ahn, Park Geun-hye’s former senior secretary for policy coordination, allegedly directed former Health Minister Moon Hyung-pyo to pressure the National Pension Service to support a merger between two Samsung affiliates in 2015.

seong, a former personal secretary of impeached President Park Geun-hye, appears for his first trial at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017.

of the Constitutional Court sit during a hearing on whether to confirm the impeachment of President Park Geun-Hye at the court Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017, in Seoul, South Korea.

Constitutional Court sit during a hearing on whether to confirm the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye, at the Court Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017, in Seoul, South Korea.

The allegations were made as Park’s lawyers and lawmakers, who serve as prosecutors in the trial, traded pointed arguments over accusations she colluded with a confidante to extort money and favors from companies and allowed the friend to unlawfully interfere with government affairs.

The chief prosecutor in the trial, lawmaker Kweon Seong Dong, said Park abused her position by “broadly and gravely” violating the constitution to commit corruption and turn state affairs into a profit tool for her friend.

He said she had to be kicked out of the presidency to repair the damage she had caused to the country’s democracy.

After Park was impeached in the National Assembly last month, the Constitutional Court has six months to decide if she should permanently step down or be reinstated. If Park is formally removed from office, an election has to hold within 60 days.

Park’s lawyer, Lee Joong-hwan, said the accusations stated in the impeachment bill “lack evidence and fail to make legal sense” because they were based on allegations and media reports, not criminal convictions.

The hearing proceeded without Park, who refused to testify for the second time following her no-show on Tuesday. The nine-justice court cannot force Park to appear.

The court had planned to hear testimony from four of Park’s former and current aides suspected of helping Park’s jailed friend, Choi Soon-sil, but only one appeared.

The court was not able to deliver subpoenas to former aides Ahn Bong-geun and Lee Jae-man, who both worked with Park for nearly 20 years since her days as a lawmaker, and Lee Yeong-seon, a current aide, asked to appear at another date, the court said.

Park has publicly apologized for putting trust in Choi, but denied accusations by state prosecutors that she colluded with her friend in criminal activities. Prosecutors also indicted Choi’s niece and several former government and presidential officials who allegedly assisted Choi in manipulating state affairs and exploiting her connections with Park to amass an illicit fortune.

Park’s lawyers may prefer her not to testify because their chief argument is that the accusations against Park have not been fully proven, said Han Sang-hie, a law professor at Seoul’s Konkuk University. Park rejected requests by state prosecutors to question her and has yet to be questioned by the special prosecution team that has taken over the inquiry.

During Thursday’s hearings, Seo Seok-gu, another Park lawyer, argued that the investigation into Park was biased and suggested that the massive protests that pushed lawmakers to impeach her were influenced by groups sympathetic to North Korea.

Seo accused news organizations that reported on the scandal of demagoguery that he said threatens to make democracy “very dangerous,” and compared Park’s impeachment to the “unjust” deaths of Jesus Christ and ancient Greek philosopher Socrates.

SKorean lawmaker accuses president of violating constitution South Korean lawmakers on Thursday accused President Park Geun-hye of "broadly and gravely" violating the constitution as the country's Constitutional Court began hearing oral arguments in her impeachment trial.

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Bedevilled (2010)

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I stared at the sun for long and it spoke to me.

Said, if I hold back, I'll get sick!