Twitter Review: Thirst
It’s messy and too telegraphed, but ‘Thirst’ employs vampirism probingly, is anchored by two great performances, and is disgustingly funny.
Tagged: Chan-wook Park, Horror, Reviews, Thirst, Twitter, Twitter Reviews, Vampires
Chan-wook Park
Vengeance Is Hers
The unfathomably fashionable torture film has spun off a welcome girl-power subgenre, in which determined, attractive young females facilitate the agonizing dispatches of men who have committed atrocities against youth. But two early entries – Hard Candy and Lady Vengeance – are misguided.
A Lean, Mean Shakespearean Machine
That Chan-wook Park’s Oldboy works at all is surprising. It’s hilariously contrived, wildly improbable, and at times downright goofy in its broad comedy, most of it based in the main character’s unleashed id. The movie’s underlying self-seriousness runs so deep that it threatens to become its own form of silliness. And its pitch is constant extremity, from acute rage to blubbering desperation. Yet the effect is not tonal incongruity, but a messy mix of emotions that’s true to its protagonist.
Tagged: Chan-wook Park, Foreign-Language Films, Oldboy, Revenge, Reviews, Torture
