Chugyeogja (2008)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.9/10   

Director:

Hong-jin Na

Escritores:

Won-Chan Hong (written by)
Shinho Lee (written by)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

14 febrero 2008 (South Korea)

Género:

Crimen | Drama | Suspenso

Plot:

Joong-ho is a dirty detective turned pimp in financial trouble as several of his girls have recently disappeared without clearing their debts...

Plot Keywords:

Pimp | Chisel | Impotence | Police Corruption | Violence

Premios:

1 win & 2 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

One of the best thrillers I have ever seen

Reparto

Yun-seok Kim	...	Joong-ho Eom
Jung-woo Ha	...	Young-min Jee
Yeong-hie Seo	...	Mi-jin Kim
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
In-gi Jung	...	Detective Lee
Hyo-ju Park	...	Detective Oh

También conocida como:

The Chaser (International: English title)

Duración:

125 min

País:

South Korea

Idioma:

Coreano

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

South Korea:18 | UK:18 | Hong Kong:III | Ireland:18 | Singapore:M18 | Germany:18 | Taiwan:R-18 | Japan:R-15 | France:-12 (with warning) | Netherlands:16 | Finland:K-18 | Australia:MA (2009)

Locaciones de Filmación:

Seoul, South Korea

Compañía:

Fine Cut

Trivialidades:

The part where Young-min (Jung-woo Ha) slips as Joong-ho (Yun-seok Kim) chases him in the alley was not scripted. Actor Jung-woo Ha actually did slip on the slippery pavement while shooting, but kept running anyway. Director Hong-jin Na liked that cut so much that he kept it in the final edit.

Conexiones de Película:

Remade as The Chaser (2010)

One of the best thrillers I have ever seen

If the remake of Infernal Affairs (The Departed) won all those Oscars then a re-make of this movie will surely clean up. Its one of those movies that just doesn't let up. At any given time there are at least three threads to the story, each of which keeps you on the edge of your seat. I actually had to stop it at one point so I could calm down a bit.

The acting by everyone involved is very believable and that makes it quite harrowing at points. I don't want to give away a single thing about the story but what I can say is that its an absolutely brilliant twist on a story that has been done many times before.

If you are going to see just one foreign film this year then let it be this one.