Memories of Murder, I Saw the Devil, The Chaser, Mother, Our Town, Death Bell, Truck, Bedeviled and a handful of other recent genre titles have more than a few things in common. They’re hard edged, involve murderers, hail from South Korea, and are all solid in their own rights. Why recent Korean cinema has such an infatuation with serial killers is hard to pinpoint, but now fans of Asian thrillers can add another worthy title to their radar: Blind, the latest film from Arang director Sang-hoon Ahn. The film centers around an aspiring police woman named Min Soo-ah who happens to be involved in a terrible car accident killing her foster brother and blinding her. Three years later and no longer in the police academy, Soo-ah finds herself dealt another hand of...
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- 9/23/2011
- by Peter Hall
- Movies.com
The visually impaired protagonist is a common thread in the suspense/thriller genres, so it only makes sense that South Korea jump on board. From See No Evil, Hear No Evil to Jennifer 8, blindness has made for an interesting character trait over the years, and director Sang-hoon Ahn (Arang) starts out with an intriguing concept that suggests more promise than is actually produced, developing lead character Min Soo-ah (Ha-Neul Kim) through a tragic accident that kills her brother, for which she blames herself. Her blindness is an unfortunate additional result of the automobile accident.
We jump three years into the future and while Min Soo-ah is struggling to deal with both her handicap and her guilt, we’re introduced to the antagonism, a serial killer is going through female victims like there’s a two-for-one sale on helpless young women. The serial killer, whom is extremely calm and arrogantly confident,...
We jump three years into the future and while Min Soo-ah is struggling to deal with both her handicap and her guilt, we’re introduced to the antagonism, a serial killer is going through female victims like there’s a two-for-one sale on helpless young women. The serial killer, whom is extremely calm and arrogantly confident,...
- 9/23/2011
- by Travis Keune
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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