Tag Archives: Torture

The Forever Prisoner (2021) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): It was torture indeed

Posted on December 29, 2021 by kaist455

HBO documentary “The Forever Prisoner” is often sobering and chilling in its calm but blistering presentation on what the US government allowed to happen in the name of War on Terror. While it did not surprise or shock you much … Continue reading →

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The Report (2019) ☆☆☆(3/4): A long, frustrating struggle for one important report

Posted on December 6, 2019 by kaist455

“The Report” is angry and outraged behind its dry, methodical façade. Following one plain American government official’s long, frustrating struggle to finish and then publish a damning official report on the systemic tortures committed by CIA in the name of … Continue reading →

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1987: When the Day Comes (2017) ☆☆☆(3/4): That eventful year in South Korea

Posted on December 29, 2017 by kaist455

1987 was quite an eventful year in South Korea. After the tragic death of a young college student/activist named Park Jong-chul on January 14th, 1987, the public demand for democratization in South Korea became bigger, wider, and fiercer than before … Continue reading →

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Zero Dark Thirty (2012) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : Terror, Torture, Soldier, Spy

Posted on January 13, 2013 by kaist455

 As far as we know, Osama(or Usama) bin Laden was officially dead in May 2011. That is a major ‘spoiler’ to Kathryn Bigelow’s “Zero Dark Thirty”, but the movie is a gripping espionage thriller about a long, exhausting journey its … Continue reading →

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National Security (2012) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : A man tortured in the room

Posted on November 23, 2012 by kaist455

New South Korean movie “National Security” is a fiction based a true story, but the reality glimpsed from its fiction gave me and the audiences an unforgettably uncomfortable moment at the screening room at last night. We all knew what … Continue reading →

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Poongsan (2011) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4) : A Man between North and South

Posted on June 28, 2011 by kaist455

Some movies depend on very preposterous premise you cannot believe easily, and “Poongsan”, one of the latest South Korean movies, is a good case. How can he cross the border between South Korea and North Korea so easily? How can … Continue reading →

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