Sunday, September 21, 2008

Chugyeogja (The Chaser)

One film has minor technical difficulties, and the whole day's schedule is shot. I missed the first ten minutes of this one while foolishly watching the credits for Left Bank.

The Chaser is a gritty crime drama. Ex-cop turned pimp realizes his missing girls are all going to the same number. He sets out to save the latest one before she, too, is sold away. If only that was all the culprit did to them...

Spoiler Warning
This movie has what I'd call a "progression ending," kind of like the Empire Strikes Back. The hero finds a small sense of inner focus and a new purpose in life, but ultimately it means everything else went very, very wrong.

Chugyeogja (The Chaser)
2008, 125 minutes, directed by Hong-jin Na

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