Cheong-jo Son, Chinh Kieu, Jae-ho Song
Forensic sculptor Hyun-min (Shin Hyun-jun) finds himself in a race against time to save his child's life in this thriller. As his daughter recuperates from a heart transplant, Hyun-min agrees to help ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: September 27, 2005
Stats: 78 reviews
The most original thing about Face is that it is derivative of not one, but two genres. So not only do we get a seen-it-all-before Asian Ghost story, but we all get a been-there-done-that serial killer thriller. It struggles with the balance between the two. The best thing about ...( read more)
A rather quick moving korean mystery tale that starts out rather gory, and then proceeds to use a sledgehammer to introduce the ghostly supernatural elements. Still this would have been a passable watch except for the last 15 minutes; there we experience the obligatory twist and...( read more)
Pretty average but an interesting mix of the supernatural and serial killer type themes. Too bad it got lost in minute character details of the two leads rather than focusing on the actual storyline.
2004 Korean Movie A series of murders takes place, where the victims' bodies are melted down, leaving only the skulls.. It's up to a facial reconstruction specialist to identify the victims. But the skulls have some dark secrets in store for him. .
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Another good Ko...( read more)
This movie was bizarrely gripping for me. i wouldn't call it excellent but I was happy with it. Some of the dream sequences were well done.
what I learned from it?
a) don't believe in Korean horrors
b) don't believe in Korean horrors
c) Damn it, don't believe in Korean horrors...
d) don't call a crime movie a horror movie
the scares at the beginning were fantastic, but lost its momentum and got pretty cliche and subpar
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