Sunday, February 20, 2011

The Chaser (2008)


The Chaser / Chugyeogja (2008)
The Chaser / Chugyeogja / 추격자 (2008)
 
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Na Hong-jin
Starring: Kim Yoon-seok, Ha Jeong-woo
Duration: 123 min.
Rating: 8.2/10

Summary:
Joong-ho is a dirty detective turned pimp in financial trouble as several of his girls have recently disappeared without clearing their debts.  While trying to track them down, he finds a clue that the vanished girls were all called up by a same client whom one of his girls is meeting with right now.


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The Chaser is the debut film from South Korean director Na Hong-jin.  Loosely based on the story of an actual convicted serial killer on death row, it is an excellent dark thriller cleverly combining intense action, tight suspense, and a gripping story.  South Korean cinema definitely has this genre of film nailed down.

I believe the team responsible for The Departed is currently looking to remake this.  It really is a shame Hollywood rarely comes up with something original like this anymore.   

The Chaser / Chugyeogja (2008)

The Chaser / Chugyeogja (2008)

The Chaser / Chugyeogja (2008)

The Chaser / Chugyeogja (2008)

The Chaser / Chugyeogja (2008)

The Chaser / Chugyeogja (2008)

The Chaser / Chugyeogja (2008)

The Chaser / Chugyeogja (2008)


4 comments:

Das Auto! said...

Hollywood has run out of original ideas. i won't see their remake, but i'm gonna see if there's a good torrent for this

Bonjour Tristesse said...

No worries, I love comments.  I can't read Korean though.

リリアン _♛_ said...

^ ^ Really like 김윤석
Suspense great movie:)
I think I'll comment on all Asian films I've seen ^ ^
lol do not hate me: S
  is not that the guy from The Good, The Bad, and The Weird, he called Song Kang-ho
sorry bad English:/

The Angry Lurker said...

Good story, isn't that the guy from The Good The Bad The Weird and you're right about Hollywood way too much remakes of other peoples good ideas.

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