(2004)

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10/10
the perfect movie
konx-15 December 2005
i was in seoul (south Korea) and saw the film at an independent film-festival. i sat in the not specially comfortable seat and was not just touched by the film. the story is marvelously told and the acting is just amazing great. Mean Whang Cheol creates a film with just those things, that are really important: more or less one tiny room, most of the time two actors, simple camera... and it's this reduction to those important things, that makes this film just a masterpiece.

to everybody who has the special opportunity to see this - rarely shown - film: go there and enjoy a film, witch you will never forget. and be prepared: after you have seen this film, you need somebody to talk. you will see why.
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3/10
Dull and (almost) pointless
slickstu-23 October 2005
Warning: Spoilers
Alone in an un-airconditioned room in the sweltering summer heat of Seoul, a thuggish man and his wimpish companion occupy themselves by reciting prose from a Russian novel and spying on the couple having sex in an adjacent room.

Moving at a snail's pace, it is only after an hour of dull exposition (shot almost entirely within the hotel room) that the point of this film finally emerges and we find that this is actually a political thriller. Sadly, because the film takes so long to make its point, the thrills are entirely absent and by the time it winds its way to its conclusion, we really couldn't care less.
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