HanCinema
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Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
The Wrath (2019)
2
The Dude in Me (2019)
3
Swallowtail Butterfly is a beautiful film that suffers much from its extended duration and the fact that Iwai tried to include many more elements than he actually could.
Posted Jul 26, 2020
4
5
Time to Hunt (2020)
6
Man of Men (2019)
7
Madame Freedom (Jayu buin) (1956)
8
Piagol (1955)
9
Yun Yong-gyu directs a genuine melodrama, about a boy whose life is in shambles, and every ray of hope seems to clash with his harsh reality, repeatedly
Posted Jul 26, 2020
10
Beasts Clawing at Straws (2020)
"Beasts Clawing at Straws" features a great story, and equal cinematic implementation in one of the most entertaining and well shot movies of the year.
Posted Jul 26, 2020
11
Moving On (2019)
"Moving On" is a great indie family drama, particularly because it manages to work on so many levels and to present themes that are easy to relate to, in a global scale.
Posted Jul 26, 2020
12
Youngju (2018)
"Young-ju" is hyperbolic and unrealistic, but at the same time captivating and entertaining, as it returns the melodrama to its original roots.
Posted Jul 26, 2020
13
Don't Go Too Far (2018)
14
The Gingko Bed (1996)
15
Height of the Wave (Pa-go) (2019)
16
The 12th Suspect (2019)
"The 12th Suspect" is an interesting film that manages to make some very important comments, although the duality of its narrative somewhat faults its overall quality.
Posted Jul 26, 2020
17
The Divine Fury (2019)
18
Gil (Road) (2004)
"Road" is a great film that manages to combine an interesting story with social comments, a rather personal approach and impressive visuals.
Posted Jul 26, 2020
19
Chihwaseon (2003)
20
The Surrogate Woman (Sibaji) (1987)
"The Surrogate Woman" is as meaningful as it is entertaining, and a great sample of the realistic Joseon drama, filled with social commentary.
Posted Jul 26, 2020
21
Jagko (Pursuit of Death) (2012)
22
Jo Pil-ho: The Dawning Rage (2019)
23
A French Woman (2019)
The dull expository sequences of the film rather understate just how destroyed Mi-ra's world is and how that's warped her sense of self.
Posted Jul 9, 2020
24
The President's Last Bang (2005)
25
Bori (2018)
Stripped of sensational elements, Bori's own message is simply that the deaf lifestyle is different, containing remarkable nuance.
Posted Jul 9, 2020
26
It is in this moment, more than any other, that we are reminded that Yong-gi is thoroughly a clown.
Posted Mar 4, 2020
27
It's the budding emotional relationship that changes Ji-soo's attitude rather than Kyeong-min's abilities. Where My Piano gets surprising is its general take on reality.
Posted Mar 4, 2020
28
Wedding Dress (2010)
29
The Abductress (2015)
While The Abductress isn't quite pornography I frequently felt while watching this movie like an explicitly soft-core take might have been an improvement
Posted Feb 28, 2020
30
Yeolliji (Now and Forever) (2006)
We get half of a happy movie with aggressive romancing, then half of a sad movie with aggressive moping around.
Posted Feb 28, 2020
31
Curtain Call (2016)
Several scattered strong concepts and setpieces aren't enough to save Curtain Call from mediocrity.
Posted Feb 28, 2020
32
The Closet (2020)
The film is well-directed, well acted, entails a good production and enough elements to make it stand out, and that is where its true value lies.
Posted Feb 19, 2020
33
The Man Standing Next (2020)
34
Secret Zoo (2020)
"Secret Zoo" is a film that aims at providing fun for its audience, and in that regard, it succeeds to the fullest.
Posted Feb 19, 2020
35
Bulg-eun gajog (Red Family) (2013)
36
Jeni, Juno (2005)
Jenny, Juno is, for better or worse, trapped in a cycle of its own idiot teen logic.
Posted Feb 9, 2020
37
The Terror Live (2013)
The Terror Live expertly manages to keep scary situations getting even scarier, as even when the degree of danger hasn't changed, the personal visceral level is ratcheting up.
Posted Dec 21, 2019
38
While The Admiral: Roaring Currents has the obvious trappings of a patriotic story about Korea's darkest hour, director Kim Han-min wisely decides to instead focus on fear.
Posted Dec 21, 2019
39
Run Off (Take Off 2) (2016)
The movie is not only generic it's rather pointless, good for little more than background noise for a person engaged in a more mentally intensive task.
Posted Dec 21, 2019
40
Ashfall (2019)
Atrocious editing and an overly long running time turn Ashfall into a disaster of a disaster movie.
Posted Dec 21, 2019
41
42
Black Money (2019)
43
Hit-and-Run Squad (2019)
44
For all her bluster, Ok-boon is a surprisingly lonely older woman, and it's to the credit of I Can Speak that we never really pity her.
Posted Nov 15, 2019
45
Take Point (2018)
Take Point is brilliant work that, far from romanticizing the work of private military contractors normalizes it as just a very bad job.
Posted Nov 15, 2019
46
Masquerade (2012)
Even though Ha-sun is impersonating a King, it's the small changes he makes that cause the most dramatic impact.
Posted Nov 15, 2019
47
For an action crime film that just so happens to be centered around a board game this is surprisingly dark broad spectrum morality about the nature of human sinfulness.
Posted Nov 15, 2019
48
C'est Si Bon (2015)
While C'est Si Bon certainly deserves some credit for being able to provide a pleasant sense of ambience, that much can only really take a film so far.
Posted Nov 2, 2019
49
The Fortress (2017)
50
Extreme Job (2019)