Category: Directed by Kim Ji-woon
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Doomsday Book is three stories about the end of the world. There’s no connection between the stories except the directors; the tone changes wildly between all three. The first story is a zombie tale with some humor, some religious allegory and some gore. There are a lot of Romero references in it and also the…
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The Good, the Bad and the Weird, if the title is any hint, is an homage to Sergio Leone’s spaghetti westerns. Kim Ji-woon borrows liberally from all three of the Clint Eastwood films, taking a scene from one then, a little later, one from another. He takes it further than just a cheap reference–at one…
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The Foul King is supposed to be a comedy, but I only laughed once, about an hour in. It’s not about South Korea’s leading stand-up comedian (which I thought it was). It’s about a wrestler who cheats (and gets fouls for that cheating). The film’s structured not around a traditional sports movie, instead it’s about…
The Stop Button 