Year: 2010
Director: Chul-soo Jang
Writer: Kwang-young Choi
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Review by: Marina Antunes
Rating: 7.5 out of 10
Revenge can be an ugly thing and in movies, particularly those trickling in from the east, they're a particularly popular trope. Some of the best are hugely entertaining, action packed extravaganzas but in the case of Chul-soo Jang's debut Bedevilled, revenge is a dish best served after settling.
It opens in Seoul with Hae-won, a beautiful woman with attitude who is asked to take a vacation. She meanders around the city for a few days before setting off to a small island where, as a child, she had spent some time with her grandparents. Nothing much has changed since Hae-won's youth and she quickly, though reluctantly at first, re-ignites her friendship with Bok-nam, a young woman who lives on the island with her daughter, her husband and her husband's family who...
Director: Chul-soo Jang
Writer: Kwang-young Choi
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Marina Antunes
Rating: 7.5 out of 10
Revenge can be an ugly thing and in movies, particularly those trickling in from the east, they're a particularly popular trope. Some of the best are hugely entertaining, action packed extravaganzas but in the case of Chul-soo Jang's debut Bedevilled, revenge is a dish best served after settling.
It opens in Seoul with Hae-won, a beautiful woman with attitude who is asked to take a vacation. She meanders around the city for a few days before setting off to a small island where, as a child, she had spent some time with her grandparents. Nothing much has changed since Hae-won's youth and she quickly, though reluctantly at first, re-ignites her friendship with Bok-nam, a young woman who lives on the island with her daughter, her husband and her husband's family who...
- 7/13/2011
- QuietEarth.us
Bedevilled
Stars: Min-ho Hwang, Min Je, Seong-won Ji | Written by Kwang-young Choi | Directed by Jang Cheoi-So
The debut feature of Korean director Jang Cheoi-So, Bedevilled is the epitomy of what they call the “slow burn”. The film tells the story of Hae-won, a city bank worker who, following her witnessing an attack on a local girl then being admonished by her superiors at the bank, decides to take a break from city life and visit the remote island of Moodo, on which she spent many a happy summer with her grandparents.
There she finds her childhood friend Bok-Nam, still living on the island with her husband, and still devoted to her close friend Hae-Won – despite Won ignoring her letters and calls. Overjoyed to see her childhood friend, Bok-Nam asks that she free her from her abusive husband and take her and her child off the island when she leaves. The...
Stars: Min-ho Hwang, Min Je, Seong-won Ji | Written by Kwang-young Choi | Directed by Jang Cheoi-So
The debut feature of Korean director Jang Cheoi-So, Bedevilled is the epitomy of what they call the “slow burn”. The film tells the story of Hae-won, a city bank worker who, following her witnessing an attack on a local girl then being admonished by her superiors at the bank, decides to take a break from city life and visit the remote island of Moodo, on which she spent many a happy summer with her grandparents.
There she finds her childhood friend Bok-Nam, still living on the island with her husband, and still devoted to her close friend Hae-Won – despite Won ignoring her letters and calls. Overjoyed to see her childhood friend, Bok-Nam asks that she free her from her abusive husband and take her and her child off the island when she leaves. The...
- 2/22/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
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