If you are just joining us in-media-res as it were for this sequel, the first Alienoid film involved two robotic, intergalactic police named Guard and Thunder whose job is to retrieve alien prisoners who have taken up residency inside humans. They appear in 1380 to stop an alien and end up taking over the raising…
The Roundup: No Way Out [Capelight] Blu-ray Review
Taking place several years after the previous Roundup film, Don Lee returns once again as Detective Ma Seok-do, this time investigating a murder which leads to getting mixed up with the Japanese Yakuza and an illegal drug-trafficking operation. Detective Ma goes about it in his usual manner, not afraid to beat the ever loving shit…
Space Monster Wangmagwi Blu-ray review
Never, and I mean NEVER in my lifetime did I think I would ever get the opportunity to watch Space Monster Wangmagwi, let alone review it. Showing my age somewhat, I had first heard of this film and been wanting to see the movie for at least thirty years. SRS Cinema has done what for…
Hansan: Rising Dragons Blu-ray review
Kim Han-min’s Hansan: Rising Dragons is a prequel to the 2014 film The Admiral: Roaring Currents, which focuses on the historic Battle of Hansan Island. This is the second film in a trilogy that follows the battles of Yi Sun-sin. In 1592, Admiral Yi Sun-sin (Park Hae-il, The Host, Moss) and his Joseon fleet…
Blu-ray Review – JSA (Joint Security Area) – Arrow Video
JSA (Joint Security Area) was not Chan-Wook Park’s first film, but it was his first film that made any sort of impact. I had not seen it until after I had explored his “Vengeance Trilogy” and was desperate for more of his work. What I found was a Rashomon-esque tale that explored the political upheaval…
Hansel and Gretel (88 Films) Blu-ray Review
While driving to see his sick mother, Eun-Soo (Chun Jung-myung) loses control of his car and crashes near a mysterious stretch of woods. As he tries to find help he wanders into the woods and passes out. As he comes too he finds himself in the company of a strange little girl (Shim Eun-kyung). She…
Gifted (88 Films) Blu-ray Review
After working for the same company for 8 years, Min-soo (Beom-Jun Kim) finds himself without a job. Fearing what his financially obsessed girlfriend Soo-Jin (Jung-hwa Bae), will think, he tries to find a new job as soon as possible. Soo-jin finally gets a chance to buy a coffee shop of her own, but drama begins…
Blu-ray Review: The Witch Subversion (Well Go USA)
After a brutal massacre at a top-secret testing facility, a young girl named Ja-Yoon (Kim Da-Mi) escapes in the nearby woods. She finally reaches a farmhouse with a friendly older couple. Life seems peaceful for ten years. But Ja-Yoon’s adopted parents are facing hard times. She decides to try to raise money for the family…