| roshiq |
09-10-2016 04:54 AM |
Goksung aka The Wailing (2016)
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From the director of THE CHASER (2008), this is a fascinating exploration on Good Vs Evil or the never ending duel between Devil & God that fuels through exploitation of human faith & disbelief. Set in a rural Korean village, Goksung where a strange series of horrifying sickness begins to haunt in an epidemic manner from one household to another and every time that ends up with people killing each other (family or neighbors) gruesomely. An ordinary policeman is drawn into the mystery and is forced to solve it when his daughter starts to show the signs of the sickness. Now he must figure out who to trust and who to avoid in order to save her little girl.
The film takes it time for the build up and all through the end it demands your attention or careful viewing; cause this is one hell of a twisted movie with religious undertone & a baffling ending! The most twisted or confusing part is though the film time to time provides different & clear clues or hints for explanation to the mystery but when you see them trying to dismiss each other at the end then you'll find yourselves in a kind of a baffling scenario about who the actual "Bad Guy(s)" here...!?!
Glad there's a youtube video (about The Wailing movie summary & explanation) provided by an English language Korean channel where they nicely explains it for you and states that it was all intentional by the director as he wanted the audience to view the film on its lead character's (the policeman) perspective and to go through the same experience of confusion & mystery as he went through till the end.
Still, found it quite an interesting & great film overall that definitely worth a watch for Korean horror/thriller lovers.
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