Again, the relationships between the characters is similar and both deliver the same punch of gritty darkness though Grasshopper can be a little more violent and gory.
I kept thinking about Double Mints when I was watching this. The same brilliantly executed desperation and melodrama that's the beauty of both films while being intense and jarringly violent. The relationship Shinji (Suda Masaki) has with Barikan (Yang Ik Jun) or with his ex gangster boss had the same undertones of Fuchikami Yasushi and Tanaka Shunsuke's relationships in Double Mints.
Zebra is way more grotesque and brutal but Final Life is tragic and pretty gruesome. BROMANCE heavy and about people struggling to fight darkness.
Both movies are BROMANCE heavy and brutal. Final Life is just as tragic but honestly way more. Both are beautiful to watch and with characters that you'll fall for.
Beautiful and grotesque at the same time. Both movies are brutal but I still feel the cruelty of Zebra is more scarring and nihilistic where Grasshopper feels more sad and at least Ikuta's character will bring you some respite. That said I still prefer the starkness of Zebra's grotesque world and theres a fundamental difference between Aka and Semi -- Semi is more self-mutilating, kills because it's a job, where Aka is more self-aggrandizing, kills because it's also fun.
Absolutely amazing film Double Mints will forever be ranked high on my list.
It has flawed characters that are trying to make sense of the darkness in their lives.
It has flawed characters that are trying to make sense of the darkness in their lives.
Both will break your heart but you can't stop watching.
Night Flight is just as brutal as Effect but it's a bit more nuanced where Effect is more guilty pleasure.
Night Flight is just as brutal as Effect but it's a bit more nuanced where Effect is more guilty pleasure.
Both stories will give you life and destroy you. Both are about obsessive love that's beyond the boundaries of right and wrong
I love Double Mints absolutely just the way it is but if you want a less dark version of a story set in the crime world History Trapped is perfect.
Final Life has the same on the nose, disturbing violence of Lessons. Both have dark, depressing stories and in a way Final Life is more hopeful because Sota actually wants to help Taemin but both have depressing ends.
Both stories are violent but powerful. The plot is not the same but you feel the same sense of desperation and gloom.
Both are the most original ideas you'll find anywhere. Both are brilliantly scripted and dark. Both deliver complex stories with children against the world.
