All posts tagged "Korean"
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THE VILLAGERS – Review
I’ve enjoyed a slew of Ma Dong-seok’s contributions to Korean action flicks. The rotund, open-faced actor usually plays...
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HIDDEN FACE – Review
The subtitled Korean export HIDDEN FACE is marketed as a suspense tale, but it’s a just-shy-of-soft-core drama about...
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YADANG: THE SNITCH Review
The Korean crime drama YADANG: THE SNITCH is longer on plot and shorter on action than most of...
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THE WEDDING BANQUET (2025) – Review
Well, here comes another film to reflect the season of love, Spring. We’re in a short “window” in...
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ESCAPE – Review
Recently, I’ve found a slew of Korean action flicks to be quite impressive, particularly for outstanding stuntwork and...
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HARBIN – Review
The Korean epic HARBIN is billed as historical and biographical, but I don’t know enough to vouch for...
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HOPELESS – Review
I’ve praised many Korean crime and action exports recently. HOPELESS will not be one of them, perhaps due...
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DR CHEON AND THE LOST TALISMAN – Review
The subtitled Korean export, DR. CHEON AND LOST TALLISMAN, is an action fantasy that’s long on special effects...
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RANSOMED – Review
South Korea has exported a slew of first-rate action flicks in the past few years, and RANSOMED counts...
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NIGHT OF THE ASSASSIN – Review
South Korea has been exporting a lot of high-octane action flicks in the past several years. They tend...
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EMERGENCY DECLARATION – Review
I should start by declaring I’m no fan of “disaster movies,” which usually play out as melodramas, rather...
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THE HOUSEMAID (2010) – The Review
In many ultra-affluent homes there’s an invisible , but clearly defined, line that separates the residents and the...
