Thursday, August 7, 2008

The Chaser (2008) - KamuiX


Created on July 13th, 2008 by KamuiX

The Chaser review on screamindemon.com

Rating: ★★★★★★★★★½

Most people would probably have to admit that an announcement about a foreign film being optioned for a remake only 3 weeks after it’s made its debut in its home country will make you sit up and take notice. When you hear the people that optioned the remake are the same people behind The Departed, one of the very few remakes that is just as respectable as its source material (Infernal Affairs), you might just color yourself very interested. That’s exactly the case for The Chaser, one of South Korea’s top grossing films of 2008 thus far. More surprising than all of this however is that this is writer/director Hong-jin Na’s first film…ever. Could this film really live up to the buzz? In one word: Yes.

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