Stars: Jae-hyeon Jo, Eun-woo Lee, Young-ju Seo | Written and Directed by Ki-duk Kim
After watching Moebius I’ve taken a few days to write the review because I needed to consider just what I think about it. If you take it at face value it is a South Korean film about sex, guilt and family that pushes you to the edges of depravity then takes a few more steps just to see if it can shock you some more…all without a word being said.
When a housewife (Lee Eun-Woo) discovers her husband (Cho Jae-Hyun) is cheating she attacks him with a knife with the aim of castration in a move of jealous retribution. When the husband fights back and her attempt fails she turns to their son (Seo Young-Joo) as her victim, successfully attacking the teen and humiliating not only him but the father too, before disappearing off into the night.
After watching Moebius I’ve taken a few days to write the review because I needed to consider just what I think about it. If you take it at face value it is a South Korean film about sex, guilt and family that pushes you to the edges of depravity then takes a few more steps just to see if it can shock you some more…all without a word being said.
When a housewife (Lee Eun-Woo) discovers her husband (Cho Jae-Hyun) is cheating she attacks him with a knife with the aim of castration in a move of jealous retribution. When the husband fights back and her attempt fails she turns to their son (Seo Young-Joo) as her victim, successfully attacking the teen and humiliating not only him but the father too, before disappearing off into the night.
- 10/15/2014
- by Paul Metcalf
- Nerdly
Shine on, kids! The full schedule for the Stanley Film Festival, which runs at the iconic and historic Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Co, April 24-27, has been announced; and we have all the details you need right here. Dig it!
From the Press Release
The Stanley Film Festival (Sff), produced by the Denver Film Society and presented by NBC Universal's Chiller, announced today its Opening Night film and several special event highlights and experiences taking place at the four-day event (April 24-27, 2014).
The Stanley Film Festival celebrates the best in independent horror cinema at the hotel that inspired The Shining. The Festival will host a full slate of films, panels, competitions, and special events - all at the beautiful and historically haunted Stanley Hotel.
The Stanley Film Festival will open Thursday, April 24, with a Gala Presentation of an original documentary from EPiX, Doc of the Dead. Directed by Colorado...
From the Press Release
The Stanley Film Festival (Sff), produced by the Denver Film Society and presented by NBC Universal's Chiller, announced today its Opening Night film and several special event highlights and experiences taking place at the four-day event (April 24-27, 2014).
The Stanley Film Festival celebrates the best in independent horror cinema at the hotel that inspired The Shining. The Festival will host a full slate of films, panels, competitions, and special events - all at the beautiful and historically haunted Stanley Hotel.
The Stanley Film Festival will open Thursday, April 24, with a Gala Presentation of an original documentary from EPiX, Doc of the Dead. Directed by Colorado...
- 4/3/2014
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
The Stanley Hotel launched its first annual Stanley Film Festival last year and put together an impressive group of horror films and guests. After initially announcing Doc of the Dead as their opening film, we now have the full programming list, which includes screenings of The Sacrament, Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead, and much more:
“The Stanley Film Festival (Sff) produced by the Denver Film Society (Dfs) and presented by Chiller, announced today its full line-up and schedule. As previously announced, Doc of the Dead will open Sff. The festival, taking place April 24-27, will close with the mockumentary from Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement (Flight of the Conchords), What We Do In The Shadows, about a house of vampires trying to get back in touch with modern society. Throughout the four-day celebration of the best in horror cinema, Sff will showcase a full slate of features, shorts, panels,...
“The Stanley Film Festival (Sff) produced by the Denver Film Society (Dfs) and presented by Chiller, announced today its full line-up and schedule. As previously announced, Doc of the Dead will open Sff. The festival, taking place April 24-27, will close with the mockumentary from Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement (Flight of the Conchords), What We Do In The Shadows, about a house of vampires trying to get back in touch with modern society. Throughout the four-day celebration of the best in horror cinema, Sff will showcase a full slate of features, shorts, panels,...
- 4/3/2014
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
“The Weight” is that rare thing, a truly unique and challenging piece of cinema that blurs the line between film and art. The fifth feature from Jeon Kyu Hwan, known for his Berlinale-featured works “Varanasi” and “Dance Town”, the provocative film marries extreme and graphic content with melancholic philosophising, following Kim Ki Duk regular Cho Jae Hyun (“Moebius”, “Bad Guy”) as a hunchbacked mortician as he goes about his dreary life. The film has enjoyed great success at international festivals, most notably winning the Queer Lion Award at the 69th Venice International Film Festival (the first Korean film to do so), as well as picking up various prizes at Fantasporto, Tallinn and the International Film Festival of India. Cho Jae Hyun plays Jung, a hunchback who works in a morgue taking care of the corpses before they make their final journey. Despite being afflicted with advanced tuberculosis and arthritis, he...
- 2/25/2014
- by James Mudge
- Beyond Hollywood
Stars: JeeJa Yanin, Cho Jae Hyun, Phettai Wongkamlao, Ye Ji-won, Tae-joo Na | Written by Jong-suk Lee | Directed by Prachya Pinkaew
The Kick has one hell of a pedigree. Directed by Prachya Pinkaew, who lensed to international hit Ong Bak, as well as the well-regarded Chocolate – whose star JeeJa Yanin is also in this – the movie features a wealth of Thai talent, including Cho Jae Hyun from The Isle and Phetthai Vongkumlao, who is one of Thailand’s biggest comedians.
But the real star is Tae-joo Na – in only his second ever film role – who shows the same type of martial arts skill that made Jackie Chan famous, mixing slapstick and fighting with consummate ease; and the scene in which he tries out to be a K-Pop star, blending dance with martial arts, are breathtaking.
The story is a little light – it essentially bad guys versus kung-fu family – but that doesn...
The Kick has one hell of a pedigree. Directed by Prachya Pinkaew, who lensed to international hit Ong Bak, as well as the well-regarded Chocolate – whose star JeeJa Yanin is also in this – the movie features a wealth of Thai talent, including Cho Jae Hyun from The Isle and Phetthai Vongkumlao, who is one of Thailand’s biggest comedians.
But the real star is Tae-joo Na – in only his second ever film role – who shows the same type of martial arts skill that made Jackie Chan famous, mixing slapstick and fighting with consummate ease; and the scene in which he tries out to be a K-Pop star, blending dance with martial arts, are breathtaking.
The story is a little light – it essentially bad guys versus kung-fu family – but that doesn...
- 10/11/2013
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Director: Prachya Pinkaew. Review: Adam Wing. Thailand's top action movie director Prachya Pinkaew - the man behind Ong Bak and Chocolate - delivers another breakthrough in action cinema with The Kick, the first Thailand-Korea joint production. Cho Jae Hyun (Bad Guy), Ye Ji Won (Hanji), and taekwondo athletes Kim Kyung Suk and Na Tae Joo, form a family of Korean taekwondo masters living in Thailand. The Kick pits them against a gang of ruthless criminals, in an endearing action movie that mixes comedy, choreography and crocodiles to blistering effect. You can't have a Thai action movie without the presence of Petchtai Wongkamloo, the pintsized comedy sidekick whose smart mouth gave Tony Jaa a run for his money in Ong Bak and Warrior King. Wongkamloo is joined by the ever-so-striking JeeJa Yanin, kick-ass heroine of Chocolate and Raging Phoenix fame, who still manages to impress despite an alarming lack of screen time.
- 9/30/2013
- 24framespersecond.net
Thailand's top action movie director Prachya Pinkaew - the man behind Ong Bak and Chocolate - delivers another high-octane hit with The Kick, the first Thailand-Korea joint production. Cho Jae Hyun (Bad Guy), Ye Ji Won (Hanji), and taekwondo athletes Kim Kyung Suk and Na Tae Joo become heroes when they inadvertently stop a crime ring from stealing a national treasure, which doesn't go down particularly well it has to be said. If that's not enough to whet your appetite, Chocolate's Jija Yanin, who was originally trained in taekwondo, co-stars as well. The Kick smashes its way on to U.K. DVD on 7 Oct 2013. This film may contain scenes of a kick-ass nature. Synopsis: After the son of a family of taekwondo experts foils an attempt to steal a priceless Thai artefact, the family becomes national heroes - and targets of revenge by the criminal gang whose robbery the son foiled.
- 8/24/2013
- 24framespersecond.net
Thai director Prachya Pinkaew and choreographer Panna Rittikrai return with more martial arts action in “The Kick”, which sees a family of Korean taekwondo masters taking on criminals in Thailand. The men who gave the world the hugely popular series “Ong Bak” serves up more of the same, with high-octane action going hand in hand with crazy stunts and top notch athleticism, though this time with more comedy and a family friendly appeal. The cast is made up of a mixture of Korean and Thai stars, including Cho Jae Hyun (“Bad Guy”), Ye Ji Won (“Hanji”), real life martial artists Kim Kyung Suk and Na Tae Joo, and Thai comedian Petchthai Wongkamlao. Excitingly, the film also sees Pinkaew working again with the sensational Jija Yanin, who he first introduced back in 2008 in the awesome thriller “Chocolate”. The knockabout plot sees the Moon family from Korea running a restaurant in Bangkok,...
- 8/16/2012
- by James Mudge
- Beyond Hollywood
The Kick
Written by Jong-suk Lee, based on a story by Prachya Pinkaew
Directed by Prachya Pinkaew
Thailand/South Korea 2011 Fantasia imdb
Traditionally, films that pit one country’s martial arts against the martial arts from other countries are blood-soaked chauvinistic affairs like One Armed Boxer and its sequel Master of the Flying Guillotine. Both great films, they up the ante on the Kung Fu bragging rights by having the hero Tien Lung (Jimmy Wang Yu) beat the champions of Japan, Korea, Thailand, India and Tibet with literally one arm tied behind his back – or chopped off, depending on how you look at it.
The Kick is a much more gentle film, turning the battle between Korea’s Tae Kwan Do and Thailand’s Muay Thai into a family comedy and adding Thai star Jeeja Yanin to the winning Korean side to salve any hurt Thai feelings. (Almost deliberately, halfway...
Written by Jong-suk Lee, based on a story by Prachya Pinkaew
Directed by Prachya Pinkaew
Thailand/South Korea 2011 Fantasia imdb
Traditionally, films that pit one country’s martial arts against the martial arts from other countries are blood-soaked chauvinistic affairs like One Armed Boxer and its sequel Master of the Flying Guillotine. Both great films, they up the ante on the Kung Fu bragging rights by having the hero Tien Lung (Jimmy Wang Yu) beat the champions of Japan, Korea, Thailand, India and Tibet with literally one arm tied behind his back – or chopped off, depending on how you look at it.
The Kick is a much more gentle film, turning the battle between Korea’s Tae Kwan Do and Thailand’s Muay Thai into a family comedy and adding Thai star Jeeja Yanin to the winning Korean side to salve any hurt Thai feelings. (Almost deliberately, halfway...
- 8/5/2012
- by Michael Ryan
- SoundOnSight
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