Movies like memories of murder12/3/2023 DO NOT RENT.ELIZABETHTOWN: A Blow by Blow of Cam.Synopsis: I Saw The Devil is a shockingly violent and stunningly accomplished tale of murder and revenge from Korean genre master KIM Jee-woon (The Good, The Bad, The Weird and A Tale of Two Sisters).I strongly recommend renting this film.Ībout Me Name: Cutshaw Location: Hollywood, CA, United States Once it takes hold of you, the film never lets go and it will stay with you for days after. The mood is set up so that in order to create tension, all we need to see is a drop of water falling from the sky. We know, as do the detectives, rain equals death in this small town. There is a mood that can be compared to great movies like SE7EN and SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. This, along with LADY VENGEANCE, and A BITTERSWEET LIFE are three of the best shot films out there. There is a stark contrast and colors that I find common with most of the Korean films that are emerging. The look of MEMORIES OF MURDER is absolutely beautiful. If you were sure that a person was a killer and thought he was going to get away with it, what would you do? Would you let the rules and ethics get in the way and risk the chance of letting a murderer free to kill again? The answer seems simple, but this movie gets into what price it takes on a person to make the “right” choice. I say he beats people until they confess, and you probably think that he’s a bad man, but think about it. He is a terrible cop, bumbling through crime scenes as if his only training was from watching bad crime movies. Where is the line and when (if at all) is it okay to cross it? The character of Park was irritating for the first potion of the movie and I almost gave up on the film. MEMORIES OF MURDER is a great look at what drives a person and what is right and wrong. Disgusted by the methods of the small town police, he takes over the investigation, but has trouble generating results.Īfter a series of lucky breaks, they are led to a man who must be the killer… or is he? As Detective Seo often says, “Documents never lie.” He is a smart man, guided by the clues and the facts and is good at what he does. This help comes in the form of Detective Seo (Sang-kyung Kim), a by the book detective from Seoul. But, with this killer, he is going to need more help… He is sure of their guilt and will do what ever is necessary to ensure their conviction. Once convinced of a suspect’s guilt, he will beat them until they confess, plant evidence (amateurishly), and do this with a clear conscious. In actuality, he is a terrible detective. A gift, unfortunately, he really does not possess. VENGEANCE) is a good man and in his mind, he’s a great detective, able to spot the guilt in a man simply by looking in his eyes. He doesn’t create the “perfect” killer, or have him kill in unique ways, but he has two really interesting people in the detectives that are tracking down this hunter of women.ĭetective Park (Kang-ho Song from SYMPATHY FOR MR. Joon-ho Bong (director/co-writer) brings freshness to the stale story of a serial killer. This might not sound much different than what you have seen a hundred times before, but it is. A pair of detectives track down this murderer. A man kills young attractive women when it rains and there seems to be a link to a song that plays on the radio. This is a story of a serial killer in a small town outside of Seoul. MEMORIES OF MURDER is yet another in the growing list of great Korean films.
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