After watching this film I'm beginning to think that Koreans are even more obsessed with their smartphones than us in the west! The backdrop works as a satire of technology-obsessed society, in which every aspect of one's life is controlled by that little gadget which seemingly never leaves the hand. The rest is a reworking of the usual psycho-thriller genre, with plenty of familiar tropes. It starts out fairly innocuous and with maybe only a mild case of stalking, before gradually moving into darker territory as the story goes on. It's no THE CHASER, but it's watchable in its own right although the ending is too drawn out. It doesn't help that the heroine is so unrelentingly stupid which makes it very hard to really root for her.
Review of Unlocked
