Ben Larson Korean thrillers are always fascinating, and this one more so than others I have seen.A serial killer Shin Hyun (Seung-woo Cho ) confesses to murdering six women, is imprisoned, and the killings go on. They grab suspect after suspect, and the killings go on. Even Shin Hyun's psychiatrist was a suspect.Naturally, we get mismatched partners, as often happens in police thriller. Detectives Kim Mi Yun (Jung-ah Yum) and Kang Tae Hyun (Jin-hee Ji) are as different as night and day, but they have to make it work.If you are a fan of se7en or The Silence of the Lambs, then this is the film for you. There are good surprises, and it will baffle you until the very end.

IMDBer100575 I watched this movie on a whim. I had nothing better to do and there was nothing else to watch, so I decided to watch this Korean police-drama.I'm not up to speed with foreign actors so I don't know any of the actors in this movie; however, I'll say that they did a fine job. Being that I don't speak Korean, I don't know for sure if they put in the proper stresses on words for anger, sadness, etc...but from what I can see in their motions and body language, the acting was quite superb.Usually, if the acting is good, the atmosphere is good too. This movie definitely had good atmosphere. I could sense that it's a dreary world being a cop. The prison scenes were excellently set up. The death scenes were well created and looked pretty realistic. The music definitely complemented the scenes...great job on atmosphere!! The plot was simple: there's a killer out there, let's catch him. This genre is as old as Nancy Reagan's wrinkled up forehead and it's always fun to see how movie-makers try to make it exciting. In this case, it was the good ol' scalpel. The murder / death scenes were okay but nothing really original or memorable. The two main cops were standard cops, nothing outstanding or incredible. They hint that the lady cop lost her fiancé but they didn't develop that storyline too much. Just two cops trying to catch a killer. Blah...This movie did not make me feel many emotions. I got bored and almost fell asleep at a few points. I give this movie a 5-star rating because it has good acting and good atmosphere. It wasn't a total waste of my time. It's just that it's a disappointingly boring movie.If there's nothing else on TV and this is the only movie left at your local Red Box, check it out. It's not too bad but you'd probably end up dozing off. Perhaps, go check out another Red Box to see if it has more selection?

Scarecrow-88 Copycat killings of a psychopath on death row named Shin Hyun(Seung-woo Cho, creepy in a chilling role)emerge as bodies of slashed pregnant women are found with their embryos forcefully extracted. Detective Kim(Jung-ah Yum)takes a special interest in this case because her fiancé committed suicide after accidentally letting Shin go before he murdered six women in a row. Interesting enough is Shin turned himself in. Wet-behind-the-ears Detective Kang(Jin-hee Ji, very good)becomes embroiled with the case desperately craving to catch those responsible for the murders, but his visits with Shin will alter his life forever. When interviewing Shin for answers as to whom might be responsible for copycatting his handiwork, he speaks in riddles never quite making himself clear. During the film, the detectives realize that Shin's therapist, Dr. Chu(Sun-kyung Kim), may have important information regarding Shin and if he is actually masterminding the killings behind bars.If you are willing to accept certain unusual aspects that lead to killing innocent young women such as the possible angle dealing with hypnosis presented here, it might be much more compelling. The major tie in the film is the links to abortions carried out by several victims of Shin. Shin's past relationship with his mother is also a major source to the killings as well. Perhaps too slick for it's own good, this offering from Tartan Extreme is stylishly directed and quite well-acted. It could be seen as a bit contrived, but I found it fascinating from start to finish.

JoeytheBrit H is another of those moody Korean movies that moves at a deliberately slow pace. This measured approach to story-telling can sometimes add to the atmosphere of a strong well-told tale but, in this instance, it simply draws attention to numerous deficiencies in both plot and characterisation.A couple of mismatched cops investigate a complex case involving a serial killer who targets pregnant women or women connected with abortions in some way. The murders are copies of those carried out by a man ten months earlier who gave himself up and now awaits execution. The cops initially suspect the original killer has hired someone to carry out the killings but, when they have caught the person they believe to be the murderer and the killings continue, a much less straightforward answer becomes apparent.The Koreans seem to have a thing for slow and thoughtful movies, and there's nothing wrong with that if the storyline is strong, but this film borrows from too many other films – most notably Silence of the Lambs and Seven – to bolster a fairly thin yet paradoxically complicated plot. Strong on visuals – especially some extreme gore – there are a number of effective and well-staged scenes in H but it relies too much on a brooding heroine who betrays no emotion, and an excitable hero who would quite frankly be a liability in any police investigation. In fact the pair of them overlook obvious lines of investigation and generally stumble upon clues through luck or by drawing obscure – but accurate – conclusions from the vaguest of clues. Seung-woo Cheu makes a curiously uncharismatic villain in a role clearly modelled on Hannibal Lecter, and spouts enigmatic mumbo-jumbo about blue skies and an abyss that probably made no sense before its meaning was mangled by the translators responsible for some truly excruciating subtitles. And for all the moody atmospherics from first-time writer/director Jong-hyuk Lee, the film is almost completely devoid of any tension or suspense.There are many exciting and inventive films coming out of South Korea these days, but unfortunately H isn't one of them. Of course that doesn't mean we won't be seeing an American remake within a year or two