Shin Ha-kyun
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With Yorgos Lanthimos’ remake “Bugonia” on the horizon, James & Steve decide to do a “deep dive” into the original Korean cult classic “Save the Green Planet” that inspired it.… Read More
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A team of inept narcotics cops open a chicken restaurant to spy on a gang of drug dealers, only for their cover to prove more successful than their crime-fighting in… Read More
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After making waves with 2012’s Confession of Murder, writer-director Jung Byung-gil’s follow-up delivers some of the most kinetic action sequences ever witnessed in a South Korean film. Read my review Read More
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The last film in my Park Chan-wook retrospective is his utterly bonkers vampire film from 2009. Song Kang-ho plays Sang-hyun, a Catholic priest who volunteers to help find a cure… Read More
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When a South Korean soldier (Lee Byung-hun) stationed with the garrison that guards the 38th Parallel on the North/South border staggers back across from the other side with a bullet… Read More
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As part of a future (as-yet undisclosed) project, I’m currently re-visiting the films of Korean director Park Chan-wook. I was planning to begin with JSA: Joint Security Area, but neither… Read More
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