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A simple revenge thriller !!
A serial killer who has been waiting for his freedom, a detective who has been waiting for the killer's release, and a little girl who has been waiting for something that remains a mystery. The three are intertwined in a chaotic relationship and are met with an unprecedented series of events.The only problem is that the movie is rather inconsistent on more than just one level. This applies to narrative perspective as well as to the genre. Results in a movie which is far from perfect, but at the same time is a title I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend to fans of any of the above mentioned genres.I gotta mention the dark atmosphere as a positive aspect of the movie, though, and also the frequent bloody knifing.
VERDICT _ The ending might not be that bad, but if you think about it too much, it is not really a reasonable 1 either.
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Slasher to watch with your brains off
Just what the synopsis says. Nothing more complicated about the plot. A story of vengeance.Kibeom is a suspected serial killer under investigation for multiple killings, including the murder of an investigating officer who ends up dead in front of his young daughter. He is hastily prosecuted when arrested for the murder of his girlfriend - but with nothing solid to incriminate him for his other alleged crimes, he is only punished for this one murder.
Cut to 15years later, story parallelly follows the activities of this suspected serial killer after his release, the life (double life?) of Huijoo who is almost unofficially adopted by her fathers ex-colleagues, and another shady character that comes into picture.
The gradual peep into the psyche of the main characters is an interesting watch. While we get only a superficial look at what the killer thinks like (enough to diagnose), we also see the confusing thought process of the main character. For me, this character had more to them, than I initially judged. In contrast to my initial judgement, even when the end products are superficially similar, the motivations were different, making their psychological building blocks different.
What to watch for: Slasher with some twisted character, nothing much to think about. A slightly confusing, serene way one of the ending scenes was shot.
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She Understood The Assignment!
This one lives and dies by its final act, and what a closer it is. The film shows you early that Hee-joo didn’t just lose her father at seven. She lost herself. Watching his murder and then watching the system fail him didn’t create a revenge-driven hero. It created someone who emotionally flatlined that night and never came back. Fifteen years later she isn’t healing, she isn’t coping, she isn’t even living in the normal sense. She’s executing a mission with zero sentiment, zero conscience, and zero need for moral validation. The quirky mascot persona is just camouflage. Underneath is a person who has been psychologically frozen at the moment of trauma.What makes the climax so devastating is the reveal that her revenge was never about killing Ki-beom. It was about making him understand the totality of what he destroyed. When she tells him, “You killed them all — including me,” it lands like a thesis statement for her entire existence. In that moment he finally realizes he isn’t dealing with a victim who survived. He’s standing in front of a ghost that has been walking for fifteen years.
And then the trap snaps shut.
The dog-collar release is the cinematic mic drop. He goes from smug predator to completely dumbfounded in seconds, not even scrambling to talk his way out of it because he knows he’s been outplayed on every level — legally, psychologically, emotionally. If he wasn’t so stunned he might have applauded the plan. Instead it’s that silent, almost respectful surrender as the police rush in. Game over. Checkmate.
It’s not a rage payoff. It’s a completion. She didn’t get her life back. She proved she never had one after that night. That’s why the ending feels so hauntingly beautiful. It’s justice, but it’s also the confirmation that the child who witnessed that murder never grew up ... she just finished her assignment.
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