Then it managed to drop my rating from a 10 to a 6, but I really want to give it a 3.
I get what they were going for, it's great, but the overly incompetent police trope is done way too much. I don't like it, I can't stand it, and this movie does it repeatedly.
I've over-analyzed the ending waay too much.
SPOILERS AHEAD:
Why are the cops so incompetent? Byeong-man goes to convince Byung-su to turn himself in because they're friends. He suspects Byung-su is a serial killer resurgent, yet goes alone and is attacked while on the phone with Tae-ju. He mentions he called for back-up. Tae-ju, like a complete moron, rushes over to the house alone and gets himself killed by Byung-su. It's implied Tae-ju is a fair distance away possibly with Eun-hee, yet after killing Tae-ju, Byung-su has enough time to ditch his car and body and get back to the house before back-up finally arrives. I'm sorry, but what? In the following interview it is stated that Eun-hee stopped talking during her interview and it appears she has aphasia. Stopped talking means she was talking at some point, right? So why doesn't she immediately say Byung-su's story is BS? This is the only time it's implied that Eun-hee is mentally impaired, which is fine, except Byeong-man, while still alive and on the phone with Tae-ju expresses hope that Tae-ju and Eun-hee can help convince Byung-su to confess. If she's that badly off, how did either of these fools expect her to be of any help? Are we to believe they never actually met her?
Please, for the sake of my fleeting 10 rating, stop with the third-times-the-charm twists! I was fine with twist one, which had him killing his not-my-daughter. I was elated with twist two, which had him rescuing his not-my-daughter. Twist three's incompetent cops are really incompetent was just too much twisting!
Maybe I'm over-reacting because I liked Byung-su's character. It's possible. It's also possible the ending is just really bad.
Screw it, I'm giving this a 3. It pissed me off.
I get what they were going for, it's great, but the overly incompetent police trope is done way too much. I don't like it, I can't stand it, and this movie does it repeatedly.
I've over-analyzed the ending waay too much.
SPOILERS AHEAD:
Why are the cops so incompetent? Byeong-man goes to convince Byung-su to turn himself in because they're friends. He suspects Byung-su is a serial killer resurgent, yet goes alone and is attacked while on the phone with Tae-ju. He mentions he called for back-up. Tae-ju, like a complete moron, rushes over to the house alone and gets himself killed by Byung-su. It's implied Tae-ju is a fair distance away possibly with Eun-hee, yet after killing Tae-ju, Byung-su has enough time to ditch his car and body and get back to the house before back-up finally arrives. I'm sorry, but what? In the following interview it is stated that Eun-hee stopped talking during her interview and it appears she has aphasia. Stopped talking means she was talking at some point, right? So why doesn't she immediately say Byung-su's story is BS? This is the only time it's implied that Eun-hee is mentally impaired, which is fine, except Byeong-man, while still alive and on the phone with Tae-ju expresses hope that Tae-ju and Eun-hee can help convince Byung-su to confess. If she's that badly off, how did either of these fools expect her to be of any help? Are we to believe they never actually met her?
Please, for the sake of my fleeting 10 rating, stop with the third-times-the-charm twists! I was fine with twist one, which had him killing his not-my-daughter. I was elated with twist two, which had him rescuing his not-my-daughter. Twist three's incompetent cops are really incompetent was just too much twisting!
Maybe I'm over-reacting because I liked Byung-su's character. It's possible. It's also possible the ending is just really bad.
Screw it, I'm giving this a 3. It pissed me off.