This gives it a certain extra pull, using modern techniques and storytelling, without diverting too much from what the story originally must have felt like. (Panos Kotzathanasis) Buy This Titleĭespite being released in 2011, the production manages to perfectly encapsulate 1991's rural South Korea, as if the movie was shot that same week. Lastly, the finale is probably the film's best scene and one of the most shattering ever to appear in the genre. As usually in similar Korean productions, the film entails many violent episodes, that, at times, may even be shocking to mainstream audience, despite the elaborateness of their depiction. There is a total lack of it from the murderer's part and a gradual disclosure of it on the hunter's side. He accomplishes that by making clear from the beginning what the protagonists should do in order to solve the case, though presenting very convincing reasons why they do not.He has also done a wonderful job in the character's outline, whose antithesis is depicted on the axis of conscience. He directs in a way, presenting just as many indications of what is about to come as is needed to keep the spectator tense in all of the title's duration. Na Hong-jin gave a clear sample of his quality as a filmmaker with his debut film, artfully directing and writing this utterly agonizing thriller, which is based on an actual case of a serial killer. At the same time, this last comment also moves towards distinct pessimism, with the fates of everyone involved in the movie in essence, being rather dramatic, and frequently not due to their action but due to others' and their own inherent nature. Particularly the way Wu's duality is highlighted is excellent, since she is repeatedly presented as the victim of the men around her, until she is revealed as something completely different. Consequently, Diao Yinan also deals with the duality of human nature, as all the protagonists of the story are both victims and perpetrators, on occasion.
Although Zhang is the main source, this comment actually extends to both Wu and the key man who is eventually revealed through a rather impactful twist, which keeps getting more intricate as the story unfolds. The main point, however, is the downward spiral of Zhang, and particularly the way trauma, and essentially the past affects people.
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