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…