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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
'The Chaser' is a multi-layered film of remorse, regret, revenge and helplessness.
It's rare that any director achieves such a complex character in any film, but the male lead (Jung) played by Kim Yoon-Seok is an incredibly deep individual, who had me loathing him one minute and empathising with him the next throughout.
Indeed Kim Yoon-Seok achieved 7 seperate awards for his stunning portrayal of this 'ex-detective turned pimp' in Korea during 2008.
Very cleverly, the audience is 'in the loop' early on and the proceeding race against the clock centres around 'Jung' trying to piece events together as we, the viewer, look on helplessly.
Many reviews go into the storyline in far more detail, so I'll miss that out. All I'd say is that this is a tough, tense yet highly touching piece of cinema. Brutal in parts, gut-wrenchingly sad in others; 'The Chaser' has everything.
I would settle on 4 stars, but for me, Yoon-Seok's stunning acting demands and deserves a top-notch rating.
Exceptional.
It's rare that any director achieves such a complex character in any film, but the male lead (Jung) played by Kim Yoon-Seok is an incredibly deep individual, who had me loathing him one minute and empathising with him the next throughout.
Indeed Kim Yoon-Seok achieved 7 seperate awards for his stunning portrayal of this 'ex-detective turned pimp' in Korea during 2008.
Very cleverly, the audience is 'in the loop' early on and the proceeding race against the clock centres around 'Jung' trying to piece events together as we, the viewer, look on helplessly.
Many reviews go into the storyline in far more detail, so I'll miss that out. All I'd say is that this is a tough, tense yet highly touching piece of cinema. Brutal in parts, gut-wrenchingly sad in others; 'The Chaser' has everything.
I would settle on 4 stars, but for me, Yoon-Seok's stunning acting demands and deserves a top-notch rating.
Exceptional.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Comparing this to Taken, as reviews have, is unfair and will only disappoint, I challenge these comparisons. For me it was more a resemblance of modern BBC TV Detective dramas. The Chaser (a 2010 remake) is slick, deep and packing intelligence, emotion and multi-level story into what is an ex cop enters a serial killers world.
It is shot well, with great South Korean filmography in feel and character. It is deep, engaging, entertaining and well cultured.
The plot involves an ex policeman turned prostitute guardian (pimp). One of his girls goes missing, captured by a twisted customer, who has scared girls before, who turns out to be a serial killer. As the police detain the killer there is a race to find the imprisoned last victim, as she is till alive in an unknown house. More of the killer's character is unravelled, whilst ex-cop Jung-ho has to look after the victim's young daughter, helping to save her mother before it is too late. All of this is shot well in a gritty, but greatly real, Mangwan in Seol at night amongst the streets, back allies and shady homes near the mountains.
If you are into World Cinema and these style of cat and mouse detective dramas, then this film will please fans. I do feel sorry that it suffers from top-billing and raving reviews as a cult gem, when it was for me slick and well produced, rather than being anything special, unique or extra-ordinary. The film is slow, long (2 hours) and thus an asking watch, but a debatably worthwhile one none the less.
It is shot well, with great South Korean filmography in feel and character. It is deep, engaging, entertaining and well cultured.
The plot involves an ex policeman turned prostitute guardian (pimp). One of his girls goes missing, captured by a twisted customer, who has scared girls before, who turns out to be a serial killer. As the police detain the killer there is a race to find the imprisoned last victim, as she is till alive in an unknown house. More of the killer's character is unravelled, whilst ex-cop Jung-ho has to look after the victim's young daughter, helping to save her mother before it is too late. All of this is shot well in a gritty, but greatly real, Mangwan in Seol at night amongst the streets, back allies and shady homes near the mountains.
If you are into World Cinema and these style of cat and mouse detective dramas, then this film will please fans. I do feel sorry that it suffers from top-billing and raving reviews as a cult gem, when it was for me slick and well produced, rather than being anything special, unique or extra-ordinary. The film is slow, long (2 hours) and thus an asking watch, but a debatably worthwhile one none the less.
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
The Chaser was a massive success in its native South Korea, it was an odd but effective thriller which holds no mystery and purposely reveals its secrets right from the start. The brilliance behind this approach is avoiding tiresome clichés and the need to include ridiculous plot twist and disappointing endings. First time director Na Hon-jin mounts his tension not on shocks and revelations but strictly on emotion, keeping the audience frustrated and aggravated with the police force who are more concerned with public image than public safety. In my opinion this fantastic Asian thriller showed so much originality and again shows how Korea keeps making these amazing films that continue to surprise the audience, Hong Jin delivered an amazingly assured crime thriller debut revolving around the grisly deeds of a real life serial killer who claimed more than twenty victims. Not quite a masterpiece like Memories of Murder or Oldboy but on par with a film like Seven.
Joong-ho (Yun-seok Kim) is a pimp that keeps losing his girls. They go out, but they don't come back. He doesn't know if they are running away or kidnapped and sold. The cops are too busy watching out for politicians to look for missing prostitutes. Fortunately, Joong-ho also happens to be a former cop and decides to solve the mystery himself. When he sends out Mi-jin (Yeong-hie Seo), he tags along. Unfortunately, he cannot save her from her fate, but he does find out who (Jung-woo Ha) is doing it; he just doesn't know yet what is being done. While Joong-ho is searching, he discovers that Mi-jin has a daughter and now he is stuck with her while he looks. I'm not going to say anymore as it's better if you watch this for yourself. Things take many twists and turns that add to the suspense. There were a couple of very intense and disturbing scenes especially towards the end but the film flowed very nicely and the storyline fit perfectly from start to finish, so it's very entertaining and it did have a few humorous scenes but still maintained that serious tone especially at the last half of the film. The film has some outstanding writing and acting, and incredible suspense. A real winner from Korea that keeps you on the edge of your seat, I highly recommend this.
Joong-ho (Yun-seok Kim) is a pimp that keeps losing his girls. They go out, but they don't come back. He doesn't know if they are running away or kidnapped and sold. The cops are too busy watching out for politicians to look for missing prostitutes. Fortunately, Joong-ho also happens to be a former cop and decides to solve the mystery himself. When he sends out Mi-jin (Yeong-hie Seo), he tags along. Unfortunately, he cannot save her from her fate, but he does find out who (Jung-woo Ha) is doing it; he just doesn't know yet what is being done. While Joong-ho is searching, he discovers that Mi-jin has a daughter and now he is stuck with her while he looks. I'm not going to say anymore as it's better if you watch this for yourself. Things take many twists and turns that add to the suspense. There were a couple of very intense and disturbing scenes especially towards the end but the film flowed very nicely and the storyline fit perfectly from start to finish, so it's very entertaining and it did have a few humorous scenes but still maintained that serious tone especially at the last half of the film. The film has some outstanding writing and acting, and incredible suspense. A real winner from Korea that keeps you on the edge of your seat, I highly recommend this.
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