by Khushi Jain
17 year old Yeon-gyu bashes open the head of a fellow student in the school playground and thus begins the Korean gangster film “Hopeless.” For his debut, Kim Chang-hoon dips his toes into a dark genre and creates something that respectfully nods to its predecessors. Premiering at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section, “Hopeless” is a well-made saga of mob violence.
Hopeless screened at Cannes Official poster – 76th edition © Photo © Jack Garofalo/Paris Match/Scoop – Création graphique © Hartland Villa
Yeon-gyu (Hong Xa-bin) lives in a tiny, tightly packed apartment with his docile mother, abusive alcoholic stepfather and stepsister Hayan (Kim Hyoung-seo “Bibi”). He starts working for a local gangster Chi-geon (Song Joong-ki), mainly stealing bikes and occasionally helping manipulate a political election, so as to earn enough to one day leave the fictional ‘Myeongan City' for Amsterdam (where he believes everyone lives a good...
17 year old Yeon-gyu bashes open the head of a fellow student in the school playground and thus begins the Korean gangster film “Hopeless.” For his debut, Kim Chang-hoon dips his toes into a dark genre and creates something that respectfully nods to its predecessors. Premiering at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section, “Hopeless” is a well-made saga of mob violence.
Hopeless screened at Cannes Official poster – 76th edition © Photo © Jack Garofalo/Paris Match/Scoop – Création graphique © Hartland Villa
Yeon-gyu (Hong Xa-bin) lives in a tiny, tightly packed apartment with his docile mother, abusive alcoholic stepfather and stepsister Hayan (Kim Hyoung-seo “Bibi”). He starts working for a local gangster Chi-geon (Song Joong-ki), mainly stealing bikes and occasionally helping manipulate a political election, so as to earn enough to one day leave the fictional ‘Myeongan City' for Amsterdam (where he believes everyone lives a good...
- 6/6/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Unlocked is a South Korean film directed by Kim Tae-joon based on the novel by Akira Shiga. It stars Chun Woo-hee, Yim Si-wan and Kim Hee-won.
A South Korean movie about hackers, internet identities and many social networks and… murders.
An entertaining thriller that, although isn´t much technically, is more entertaining than fascinating.
Storyline
In a drunken night a girl loses her mobile phone. A boy takes advantage of this and takes over her identity. Meanwhile, a dead woman appears in the forest.
Movie Review Unlocked
A classic thriller that uses common fears (with a real base) about the insecurity of having all one´s life tied up in a mobile phone. So far, this is basic and boring, but the unblocked identity also becomes a thriller about murders, which adds an extra touch of attraction.
The story is well planned and the relationship between the main two characters,...
A South Korean movie about hackers, internet identities and many social networks and… murders.
An entertaining thriller that, although isn´t much technically, is more entertaining than fascinating.
Storyline
In a drunken night a girl loses her mobile phone. A boy takes advantage of this and takes over her identity. Meanwhile, a dead woman appears in the forest.
Movie Review Unlocked
A classic thriller that uses common fears (with a real base) about the insecurity of having all one´s life tied up in a mobile phone. So far, this is basic and boring, but the unblocked identity also becomes a thriller about murders, which adds an extra touch of attraction.
The story is well planned and the relationship between the main two characters,...
- 2/17/2023
- by Martin Cid
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
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