H
2005 Directed by Jong-hyuk Lee
Synopsis
An intelligent Thriller
A serial killer named Shin-Hyun gives himself up to police. He is imprisoned, awaiting the death sentence for his crimes. Yet the killings do not stop. They continue with all the same characteristics trademarks of the Shin-Hyun serial killings. Detective Mi Yun, and her newly appointed partner, Detective Kang, are assigned to the case. Mi Yun and Kang have difficulty working with each other. Detective Kang follows a new suspect, Huh, and eventually catches him in the act of brutally murdering a woman in a crowded techno bar. Huh is taken into custody after Kang shoots and wounds him at the scene of the crime. Yet the murders continue in copy-cat style. The police desperately hunt for new leads. They start an in-depth investigation of a Doctor Chu, who is Shin-Hyun's psychiatrist. But progress is frustrated when Dr Chu becomes a victim of the copy-cat killings herself. The murdered psychiatrist's former boyfriend quickly becomes the prime suspect, a fanatical character named Choi.
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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So fucking good. H stands for HOW TO MAKE A SUSPENSEFUL MOVIE. Take note.
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A Korean serial killer film that has more in common with an ITV 2 part drama than something more cinematic; the film suffers from over-acting, a general lack of atmosphere and the films famous serial killer lacks any sense of presence and as for the rest of the cast, they are wafer thin in development and no-one is strong enough to be likely; the plot panders out at a meandering pace and ultimately ties together with a twist that is too obvious. The film looks flat and falls flat; it's dull for the most part and at it's best it's vaguely interesting; certainly not the worst film I've seen, but for all the great work that comes out of Korean cinema, H is a massive letdown.