What a let-down! If you're looking for a tense, intelligent horror mystery then you've looked in the wrong place if you come here. A Tale of Two sisters is flat, illogical, pretentious, slow, boring, and mind-numbingly tedious. The only reason I didn't switch it off is because I couldn't be bothered reaching for the remote. This might be because the English subtitles lost something in translation, but there's no denying that it should have been tighter.
The story has two sisters (who appear to be fraternal twins, though the actresses are 7 years apart) return home after a stint away only to find creepy happenings in their country home. After what feels like a million years it builds to a big twist that contradicts the narrative structure that led to it.
Kim Jee-Woon has made some great films, including A Bittersweet Life, but I was very disappointed with this snooze-fest. The inappropriate score doesn't help much either.
There are some great Asian horror movies out there. This is not one of them.
The story has two sisters (who appear to be fraternal twins, though the actresses are 7 years apart) return home after a stint away only to find creepy happenings in their country home. After what feels like a million years it builds to a big twist that contradicts the narrative structure that led to it.
Kim Jee-Woon has made some great films, including A Bittersweet Life, but I was very disappointed with this snooze-fest. The inappropriate score doesn't help much either.
There are some great Asian horror movies out there. This is not one of them.