Tag Archives: South Korean Film

Citizen of a Kind (2024) ☆☆☆(3/4): Ra Mi-ran rules again

Posted on February 12, 2024 by kaist455

It seems to me that South Korean actress Ra Mi-ran is one of the rare performers who can sell almost anything to audiences. Although I did not like her recent comedy film “Honest Candidate” (2020) and its following 2022 sequel … Continue reading →

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Badland Hunters (2024) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): A post-apocalyptic flick starring Ma Dong-seok

Posted on February 4, 2024 by kaist455

Netflix film “Badland Hunters”, which was released in last week, is a redundant sequel to acclaimed South Korean film “Concrete Utopia” (2023), which was incidentally one of my best South Korean films of last year. While “Concrete Utopia” is a … Continue reading →

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Ms. Apocalypse (2023) ☆☆☆(3/4): The unlikely relationship of two unhappy women

Posted on January 29, 2024 by kaist455

Some good movies can make us care a lot more about their characters than we expected at first, and South Korea film “Ms. Apocalypse” is one of such cases. Mainly revolving around two different women who are not exactly likable … Continue reading →

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Alienoid: The Return to the Future (2024) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): An obligatory finale

Posted on January 19, 2024 by kaist455

South Korean film “Alienoid: The Return to the Future” is not as boring as I feared, and that is the only consolation for me. Thanks to the sprawling narrative of “Alienoid” (2021), the movie has lots of things to gather … Continue reading →

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Noryang: Deadly Sea (2023) ☆☆☆(3/4): Driven into the last battle

Posted on December 21, 2023 by kaist455

South Korean film “Noryang: Deadly Sea”, the third and (definitely) final film of the trilogy after “The Admiral: Roaring Currents” (2014) and “Hansan: Rising Dragon” (2022), is often relentlessly epic and loud in what it is expected to present on … Continue reading →

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Home Ground (2022) ☆☆☆(3/4): Welcome to Lesvos (No, not that island)

Posted on December 13, 2023 by kaist455

South Korean documentary film “Home Ground” introduces us to one extraordinary figure who deserves to be known more to not only thousands of LGBTQ+ people out there in the South Korean society but also many other South Korean citizens. Here … Continue reading →

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A Letter from Kyoto (2022) ☆☆☆(3/4): Three sisters and their aging mother

Posted on December 13, 2023 by kaist455

South Korean film “A Letter from Kyoto” is a little family drama revolving around the relationships among three sisters and their aging mother. As these four different women cope with each own daily matters along the story, the movie slowly … Continue reading →

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Single in Seoul (2023) ☆☆☆(3/4): Publishing and Romancing

Posted on December 3, 2023 by kaist455

South Korean film “Single in Seoul” is a romantic comedy which turns out to be more distinctive and intelligent than expected. Right from when its Meet Cute moment, you can clearly see through where it is going along with its … Continue reading →

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Withstanding and Existing (2022) ☆☆☆(3/4): Some musicians at one old movie theater

Posted on November 27, 2023 by kaist455

My hometown Jeonju has a certain area in the middle of its old downtown area, which has been the center of Jeonju International Film Festival for more than 20 years. It surely has several big movie theaters even at present, … Continue reading →

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Birth (2022) ☆☆☆(3/4): A hell called pregnancy

Posted on November 26, 2023 by kaist455

South Korean film “Birth” was often difficult to watch for me. Because I saw its trailer a few weeks ago, I braced myself even before the screening was started, and, boy, it turns out to be as grimly intense as … Continue reading →

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