Tag Archives: Kidnapping

Nightbooks (2021) ☆☆☆(3/4): Now he must write scary stories to survive

Posted on September 22, 2021 by kaist455

Netflix movie “Nightbooks”, which was released in last week, is a familiar but solid dark fantasy tale decorated with a number of darkly enjoyable moments to be savored. While mostly unfolded within its rather limited fantasy background, the movie puts … Continue reading →

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Gunpodwer Milkshake (2021) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): It could have more spunk and substance

Posted on July 19, 2021 by kaist455

Netflix film “Gunpowder Milkshake” is drenched in style and mood, but it seriously deficient in terms of spunk and substance to distinguish itself from other similar genre flicks such as “John Wick” (2014) and its recent sequels. While there are … Continue reading →

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Voice of Silence (2020) ☆☆(2/4): Voice of incompetence

Posted on January 5, 2021 by kaist455

What an inane and messy bore South Korean film “Voice of Silence” is. Often dreary and unpleasant in its casual depiction of human evil and violence, the movie attempts to be not only an absurd crime noir drama but also … Continue reading →

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Deliver Us From Evil (2019) ☆☆(2/4): Deliver Me From Mediocrity

Posted on August 13, 2020 by kaist455

South Korean film “Deliver Us From Evil” brings almost nothing to its genre territory without enough sense of fun or entertainment. Despite lots of efforts put into the screen, the overall result is so flat and pedestrian that I quickly … Continue reading →

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Extraction (2020) ☆☆☆(3/4): A tense and brutal action flick as good as intended

Posted on May 1, 2020 by kaist455

When I saw the trailer of Netflix film “Extraction” a few weeks ago, I immediately had a pretty good idea on what and how it would be in terms of story and characters, and it turns out that my guess … Continue reading →

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Everybody Knows (2018) ☆☆☆(3/4): An engaging letdown by Asghar Farhadi

Posted on January 6, 2019 by kaist455

The opening scene of Asghar Farhadi’s new film “Everybody Knows”, which opened the Cannes Film Festival early in last year, summarizes well what I felt during my viewing. In the inner space of a church clock tower, the camera looks … Continue reading →

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All the Money in the World (2017) ☆☆☆(3/4): All he cares about is money

Posted on February 4, 2018 by kaist455

What a piece of work J. Paul Getty is. While being the richest man in the world, he was also probably the cheapest guy in the world, and Ridley Scott’s new film “All the Money in the World” is compelling … Continue reading →

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Split (2016) ☆☆☆(3/4): Shaymalan and McAvoy going way over the top

Posted on February 24, 2017 by kaist455

Among a bunch of books I have kept since my elementary school years, Daniel Keyes’ nonfiction book “The Minds of Billy Milligan” is one of more notable ones I still remember quite well. Its real-life story of a man struggling … Continue reading →

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Missing Woman (2016) ☆☆☆(3/4): Her babysitter is missing…

Posted on December 1, 2016 by kaist455

South Korean film “Missing Woman” begins as a seemingly conventional mystery thriller and then reveals darker elements which later turn the story into a sort of social horror tale which is often frighteningly realistic to me and other South Korean … Continue reading →

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The Clan (2015) ☆☆☆(3/4) : A double family life

Posted on May 14, 2016 by kaist455

A real-life criminal story dramatized in Argentine film “The Clan” is both disturbing and compelling to say the least. Here is the man who is not only a ruthless criminal but also an ordinary middle-class father, and we cannot help … Continue reading →

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