Quite an unusual production, Kim Jong-kwan’s fifth movie, after a hiatus of 3 years, is a distinctly art-house production that also functions though, as a road movie, an omnibus, and a melodrama.
“Shades of the Heart” is available from Echelon Studios
After getting divorced overseas, and still in pain from the death of his child, Chang-seok returns to Seoul after 7 years of absence, having a vague idea in his mind to write a new novel, about his own life. Upon his return he stumbles upon four people. In a subway station, he meets Mi-yeong who recollects their meeting and their past together. His editor, Yoo-jin, who was actually his “student” in the past, also reminisces about it, while smoking with him in a rural-like location. Next, he meets photographer Seong-ha, who is taking care of his ill wife, and his despair has led to some extreme thoughts. Lastly, Joo-eun, who...
“Shades of the Heart” is available from Echelon Studios
After getting divorced overseas, and still in pain from the death of his child, Chang-seok returns to Seoul after 7 years of absence, having a vague idea in his mind to write a new novel, about his own life. Upon his return he stumbles upon four people. In a subway station, he meets Mi-yeong who recollects their meeting and their past together. His editor, Yoo-jin, who was actually his “student” in the past, also reminisces about it, while smoking with him in a rural-like location. Next, he meets photographer Seong-ha, who is taking care of his ill wife, and his despair has led to some extreme thoughts. Lastly, Joo-eun, who...
- 1/9/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Stars: So-dam Park, Kim Eui-Sung, Yeon Woo-Jin, Jung Hyun-jun, Song Sae-Byeok, Han Hyun-min | Written and Directed by Park Dae-min
Special Delivery (aka Special Cargo), which recently made its North American debut at Fantasia, could best be described as a female-fronted cross between The Transporter and Leon the Professional. Eun-ha is a courier working for Baek whose scrap yard is a front for a service delivering “anything the post office will not”.
That includes Kim Du-Sik a former baseball player caught in a gambling scandal and trying to dodge the mob and the police. But when the mob gets to him before she can Eun-ha finds herself with his young son Seo-won and a key fob that unlocks a 30,000,000 bank account in her car. She also has an army of goons led by corrupt cop Jo Kyung-Pil who will do anything to get it back on her trail.
Writer/director Park...
Special Delivery (aka Special Cargo), which recently made its North American debut at Fantasia, could best be described as a female-fronted cross between The Transporter and Leon the Professional. Eun-ha is a courier working for Baek whose scrap yard is a front for a service delivering “anything the post office will not”.
That includes Kim Du-Sik a former baseball player caught in a gambling scandal and trying to dodge the mob and the police. But when the mob gets to him before she can Eun-ha finds herself with his young son Seo-won and a key fob that unlocks a 30,000,000 bank account in her car. She also has an army of goons led by corrupt cop Jo Kyung-Pil who will do anything to get it back on her trail.
Writer/director Park...
- 7/22/2022
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
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