Memories of Murder is solid across the board: nice camerawork, semi-interesting editing, very good performances, etc.

But it's not particularly standout at anything. I think this has been done better, both by Bong Joon-Ho himself in Mother and by Fincher in Zodiac.

The pacing is sufficiently quick, but you'd be hard-pressed to call it "high-octane" at the 2 1/2 hour runtime.

The writing is fine, but there aren't really great sections of dialogue.

There are a few interesting themes at…

Yes.

FUCK yes.

Finally!

When I walked into the theater to see this, I passed ten posters on the wall, and I shit you not, EIGHT of those bitches were sequels, prequels, remakes, or spinoffs.

Cinema is half-dead. And no, I don't think that's melodramatic. Because films like this are such a rarity that I'm absolutely shocked when I see anything in a theater that isn't a lifeless, heartless, devoid-of-virtually-all-meaning regurgitation.

This is art. This has a highly relevant and…