Gipeuteodeu

Normally I love Korean thrillers but this dud is the exception. It's a cheapskate production that feels like it takes forever to get going; half the running time is over before anything of note happens. There's the usual background of financial difficulty and the like which informs the proceedings, but not in an interesting way. The unlikeable protagonist is a chap who finds himself with an unexpected talent, and the film then goes on from there. But the kills are unpleasant and repetitive, and the entire film singularly lacks the kind of suspense that it needs to make any kind of impact on the viewer. Instead it feels like an arthouse bore.