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General Dog
Apr 26, 2008

Everybody's working for the weekend

Dire Chinchilla posted:

I'm hardly a Korean movies expert, but here's some good Korean stuff released since The Assassination:

The Handmaiden - directed by Park Chan-wook, aka the director of Oldboy. A visually stunning thriller that takes place in early 20th century Japan-occupied Korea. Lots of intrigue and sex.
The Wailing - an atmospheric horror/thriller about mysterious sickness and other weird happenings in rural Korea.
Train to Busan - Korean zombies on a train. I haven't seen this one myself, but it was very well received.
Burning - an adaptation of a short story by Haruki Murakami. I haven't seen this one either, as I'm slightly allergic to Murakami, but it has also received great reviews.

Granted, most of these are not super recent (all of them except for Burning were released in 2016, I think).

I regret to inform you that Train to Busan isn't very good.

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General Dog
Apr 26, 2008

Everybody's working for the weekend
I don't know, I honestly can't remember a whole lot about it now, but I seem to recall it being pretty repetitive. Fast zombies on a train is a fun enough idea I guess, but it runs out of steam (heh) way before the two hours are up. Main character and the kid aren't very likable or interesting; I seem to remember one of the other passengers who's kind of fun but dies about halfway through. Has some social commentary that seemed pretty shallow (rich man is cowardly and selfish), but maybe there was some nuance that flew over my head with it being a foreign film and all.

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