I Saw The Devil (Kim Jee-woon) ***1/2 - When a sadistic serial killer murders the fiance of a trained secret agent, the latter goes on a violent revenge plot. It's part-horror film, part-revenge action thriller and it works very, very well together. The film takes you for a largely unpredictable ride and shifts genres and tones with ease and without being jarring. The violence is shocking and cringe-inducing but mostly quite effective and justified. The actor from
Old Boy plays the serial killer and quite effective too. I think I like this better than the other film.
Red State (Kevin Smith) **1/2 - There are lots of things to like about Smith's thinly veiled assault on Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church. But there are also a lot of flaws. It's clear that Kevin Smith has a lot to say about the subject but none of it really deep and penetrating. One thing I do love about this film is Michael Parks' performance as the fire-and-brimstone preacher Abin Cooper. It's worth seeing the film just for his 15-minute sermon right in the middle of it.
9 comments:
Definitely want to check out both of these.
I saw the devil stands out for me.
The guy from Oldboy? I'd probably check it out for that.
Whoa, that cover is right about it being unexpectedly Kevin Smith... that's a bit of a far cry from Clerks haha
Can't wait to see them.
awesome movies, +follow (:
Red State sound good.
Good films.
Both sound like movies I'll have to check out! I like Kevin Smith movies!
Post a Comment