Bestseller Review
Bestseller is the debut film from writer/director Jeong-ho Lee and for the most part he plays it safe with this enjoyable but lightweight thriller. Eom Jeong-hwa stars as Hee Soo, a successful writer whose life is torn apart after her recent bestseller is revealed to have been plagiarised from another book. The film begins with … Read more
The Man From Nowhere Review
Tae-shik (Bin Won) lives a pretty lonely life eeking out a humble existence as a pawnshop owner, his only friend a young girl named So-mi (Sae-ron Kim), who visits him from time to time. Whilst Tae-shik’s ‘emo’ haircut is far too heavy handed a signifier of his angst and downbeat nature there are a number … Read more
The Legend of Fong Sai Yuk Review
Opening with fireworks and a beautifully constructed action sequence The Legend of Fong Sai Yuk quickly shifts to a sandy landscape and a Olympic games style contest that introduces the titular hero of the film, Fong Sai-Yuk. Based on a real life legend of Chinese history Fong Sai-Yuk is played here by Jet Li. Coming … Read more
Superheroes Review
In the 2010 fiction film Kick-Ass the titular character comments, following his defense of an unarmed man being beaten up outside a diner, “…three assholes, laying into one guy while everybody else watches? And you wanna know what’s wrong with me?”. This apathetic attitude and the desire to do something tangible about it is really … Read more