Review: Memories of Murder (D+)
Memories of Murder (2003)
Directed by Joon-ho Bong
Starring Kang-ho Song, Sang-kyung Kim, Roe-ha Kim and Jae-ho Song
MPAA: UR
Grade: D+
Review by Sebastian Francis Kennedy
Billed as a thriller/comedy, Memories of Murder is neither. However it is fascinating to watch, like a trainwreck that goes on for 132 minutes. This overrated crime drama proves that horrible dialogue and poor acting can make for decent entertainment.
Based on a true story, Memories of Murder follows three policemen as they track a serial killer. Two are complete bozos (must be where the comedy is intended) and the other is a cranky loner sent in from Seoul. The police chief tries to keep the two on track but they keep spinning their wheels.
The screener version I watched was dubbed in English (never a wise choice)and I suspect that the translation was done by a six year old.
posted by DVD Confidential at 8/14/2005 08:02:00 PM
1 Comments:
The reason you didn't like the film is because you watched the dubbed version. Horrendous, I know. If you had watched the subtitled version, you probably would have thought it was as good as most others did. Never in my life have I seen such a difference between the subtitled & dubbed versions of a film, but with this movie, the difference was astounding.
3/08/2007 05:21:00 PM
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