Laff 2011: The Yellow Sea (aka The Murderer) review
Director: Hong-jin Na. Review: Adgy. Director Hong-jin Na’s debut, The Chaser (our review) was one of the more impressive movies to come out of Korea in the last couple of years, so expectations for his sophomore feature, The Yellow Sea, were high. Would he be able to match the intensity and action of his previous film? In this reviewer’s opinion, the answer is a resounding “Yes". The film follows Gu-nam, played by Jung-woo Ha (previously seen as the bad guy in The Chaser), a poor Chinese Korean living in China and working to pay off the massive debt incurred to smuggle his wife into South Korea. When his gambling debts begin to spiral out of his control, Gu-nam is hired by local mobster Myun, played by Yun-seok Kim (previously seen as the protagonist in The Chaser), to assassinate someone in South Korea, paying off his obligations. As you might expect,...
- 6/28/2011
- 24framespersecond.net
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