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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
"Soo-Yung! Wait for me!",
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This review is from: R-Point [DVD] [2004] (DVD)
What with the explosion of soul-less American remakes of Asian films beginning to die out, now would be a good time to catch the few films which are still untouched by the blockbuster treatment. It is with a sad sigh that this film will probably be remade into a glossy American, high budget affair with lots of attractive Americans posing in designer stubble. And this will be a real shame, as one thing that Eastern horror films stands head and shoulders above their American copies is their use of space and tension over gore and special effects.
Where Asian horror films succeed is their use of waiting. Like the old adage that the journey is better than the destination, most of the fear lies in waiting for the actual moment, rather than the moment itself. The human mind and its imagination is a powerful tool, and the makers of R-Point clearly understand this. Instead of trying to scare the viewer by showing whatever it maybe that is doing the scaring, the film piles on the atmosphere by keeping it hidden, using location and the viewers own imagination to make it uncomfortable to watch. Visual scenes of horror are few and far between, but where the film works is in its apprehension, the tension that builds as clues are dropped as too what maybe going on. Another victory is scored through the script, as in not the spoken dialogue, but the way in which completely innocent events which happened previously are shown later to be excatly the opposite. This is nothing new in film making, but placed in such a forboding enviroment it starts to play tricks on the mind, and the thoughts that accompany film watching are scrambled and eventually you start to become as confused and bewildered as the protagonists in the film. If you are used horror being about any of the following: oceans of blood, knives, prom queen virgins, homicidal dolls, dumb American jocks, stupid police, spooky sanitriums, quiet suburban streets, daft hysteria, and having everything explained so you know what is going on, then you should look elsewhere. If, however, you are clever enough to appreciate the creativity and imagination that goes into creating a unique piece of true psychological horror, then watch this quickly before America bumbles in and takes away everything that makes it special. NB: A couple of people have mocked the silliness of the script, but bear in mind it is made in Korea and so reflects the way Koreans speak, not the way English speak. ( some people obviously expect everything to revolve around them ) This is no way detracts from the film itself.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Genuine terror!,
By Phillip Fry (burgess hill United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: R-Point [DVD] [2004] (DVD)
This is the scariest film that i have ever seen. R-point has a genuinly creepy atmosphere throughout. It has a few jumpy moments, a few terrifying sequences and, towards the end, a fairly large amount of blood. The story is pretty basic, as you'd expect from a horror, and the film escalates a little too much towards the end, but overall is absolutely fantastique!!!!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Creepy and memorable,
By Mr. Warren M. Fisher (East Grinstead, West Sussex United Kingdom) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: R-Point [DVD] [2004] (DVD)
A brilliant Korean war-movie cum ghost-story. Creepy and compelling, this is a film that lingers in the mind long after it has run its course. The plot is at times a little abstruse and some of the acting a little broad, but this doesn't detract from the overall effect of the movie. One to watch and savour.
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