Strong female protagonists have been a staple on genre cinema for years. Recently, with the power-house duo of Milla Jovovich and Kate Beckinsale and their popular Resident Evil and Underworld franchises, the women have maintained a heavy punch in Hollywood. With all of these films, you almost forget the fact that you don’t have to be running around in tight leather pants and perfectly fixed make-up to stand as an empowered woman. Though the main protagonist in Blind has to overcome obstacles and a lurking killer, all without the gift of sight, she reminds viewers of the power of the woman.
Blind begins with a tragic incident that causes the young police-woman in training, Min Sooh-ah, to become blind (didn’t see that coming from the title, did you). Though life is hard for Sooh-ah, she surprisingly remains positive and extremely productive on her own. Well … aside from continuing in her police work.
Blind begins with a tragic incident that causes the young police-woman in training, Min Sooh-ah, to become blind (didn’t see that coming from the title, did you). Though life is hard for Sooh-ah, she surprisingly remains positive and extremely productive on her own. Well … aside from continuing in her police work.
- 9/24/2011
- by Michael Haffner
- Destroy the Brain
Memories of Murder, I Saw the Devil, The Chaser, Mother, Our Town, Death Bell, Truck, Bedeviled and a handful of other recent genre titles have more than a few things in common. They’re hard edged, involve murderers, hail from South Korea, and are all solid in their own rights. Why recent Korean cinema has such an infatuation with serial killers is hard to pinpoint, but now fans of Asian thrillers can add another worthy title to their radar: Blind, the latest film from Arang director Sang-hoon Ahn. The film centers around an aspiring police woman named Min Soo-ah who happens to be involved in a terrible car accident killing her foster brother and blinding her. Three years later and no longer in the police academy, Soo-ah finds herself dealt another hand of...
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- 9/23/2011
- by Peter Hall
- Movies.com
The visually impaired protagonist is a common thread in the suspense/thriller genres, so it only makes sense that South Korea jump on board. From See No Evil, Hear No Evil to Jennifer 8, blindness has made for an interesting character trait over the years, and director Sang-hoon Ahn (Arang) starts out with an intriguing concept that suggests more promise than is actually produced, developing lead character Min Soo-ah (Ha-Neul Kim) through a tragic accident that kills her brother, for which she blames herself. Her blindness is an unfortunate additional result of the automobile accident.
We jump three years into the future and while Min Soo-ah is struggling to deal with both her handicap and her guilt, we’re introduced to the antagonism, a serial killer is going through female victims like there’s a two-for-one sale on helpless young women. The serial killer, whom is extremely calm and arrogantly confident,...
We jump three years into the future and while Min Soo-ah is struggling to deal with both her handicap and her guilt, we’re introduced to the antagonism, a serial killer is going through female victims like there’s a two-for-one sale on helpless young women. The serial killer, whom is extremely calm and arrogantly confident,...
- 9/23/2011
- by Travis Keune
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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