Sunday, May 1, 2011

Bedevilled (2010)


Bedevilled / Kim Bok-nam salinsageonui jeonmal (2010)
Bedevilled / Kim Bok-nam salinsageonui jeonmal / 김복남 살인사건의 전말 (2010)

Genre: Thriller
Director: Yang Chul-soo
Starring: Seo Young-hee, Ji Seong-won
Duration: 115 min.
Rating: 6.4/10

Summary:
Sick of all the inhumane treatment by others, Bok-nam tries to escape the island with her daughter, but her daughter gets killed in the process. When she loses the only thing that had kept her going, Bok-nam takes a sickle in her hand for revenge.


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Bedevilled is the directorial debut from Yang Chul-soo.  It is a methodical revenge thriller that develops slowly and culminates in a brutal and bloody climax.  A good effort with an interesting and tragic setup, and a very well crafted first half where the director slowly escalates the tension with horrific abuse until the main character reaches her breaking point.

The film is burdened though with mostly flat characters, over acting, and a climax that relies on too many well worn horror movie cliches.  A promising first effort, but not quite up to the standard of other recent offerings from South Korea.     

Bedevilled / Kim Bok-nam salinsageonui jeonmal (2010)

Bedevilled / Kim Bok-nam salinsageonui jeonmal (2010)

Bedevilled / Kim Bok-nam salinsageonui jeonmal (2010)

Bedevilled / Kim Bok-nam salinsageonui jeonmal (2010)

Bedevilled / Kim Bok-nam salinsageonui jeonmal (2010)

Bedevilled / Kim Bok-nam salinsageonui jeonmal (2010)

Bedevilled / Kim Bok-nam salinsageonui jeonmal (2010)

Bedevilled / Kim Bok-nam salinsageonui jeonmal (2010)

6 comments:

Bonjour Tristesse said...

Maybe because they are damn entertaining. No, I like your reasons better.

Bonjour Tristesse said...

I'm curious, about what else is in that folder

The Angry Vegetarian said...

I've been seeing a LOT of Asian revenge flicks lately. They're not necessarily new, but it seems like it's my destiny to watch them all. Maybe something bad is going to happen to someone close to me, and these movies are the templates that I must follow. Maybe someone will lock me in a room for years...

Adalmin said...

I added this to my "movies for mom" folder...and then I realized that there's a lot of gory movies in that folder about women doing all kinds of gory stuff.

Err, yeah.

Poli Poll said...

Seems a bit weird to me

King tat said...

The best drama and glory movie ever!!!

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