This film was made in 2013 and still holds a punch. I have watched this 5 times in a few days. The other reviews give the story details so I won't. This film is so well written, acted & produced that each time I see it I see more details ie. Like the artwork in the real parents home & Hwayi's(Yeo Jin-gu) drawings of his family of 5 fathers etched by his bed to the computer screen that reveals the gangster(CEO Jim) who wants this family killed to tear down their home so he can develop commercial property. They are the last holdout & won't leave thinking that their precious child who was kidnapped 7 years ago at age 2 will return any day. This is one of the best movies I have ever seen. It is the first movie I have seen that portrays family dysfunction so well. The young child Hwayi(Yeo Jin-gu) received many deserved awards for new actor & he with a great cast does this movie justice. The action starts immediately and continues to the very end. I highly recommend this film to anyone. Please watch Past the Credits for a nice closure to this film. I did not do it till my 5th time watching. There is a sweet song in this movie, "Alice in Weird Land" by YOZOH. Can't get the song off my mind. Actor Cho Jin-Wong(Kit Tae) was in The Handmaiden(2016) & The Believer(2018) which Park Hae-Joon(Beom Soo) was in too. Great movies as well. Also, Park Ji Won(Yoo Yeon-Seok) the young lead gangster can be seen in "Mr Sunshine"(2018) as the bad guy you love.
Review of Hwayi: A Monster Boy
