Reviews from South Korea

Superlative - everyone should see this

Great, a must-see if you like the genre

Good, a decent example of the genre

Watchable, but only for serious genre fans

Unwatchable

Half stars could have gone either way depending on mood.

Movie Name / Release Year	Summary	Date	Reviewer
Asura: The City of Madness (2016)	Grimy and bleak	2024-03-22	Simon
A Bittersweet Life (2005)	Yeah, I needed to watch it again	2023-09-01	Simon
My Wife Is A Gangster (2001)	Doesn't live up to my memory of it	2022-04-23	Simon
Snowpiercer (2013)	Bong Joon-Ho's least subtle political allegory	2021-06-11	Simon
The City of Violence (2006)	Disappointing follow up to Arahan	2021-06-03	Simon
The Host (2006)	Quirky monster movie with added social commentary	2021-05-16	Simon
Deliver Us From Evil (2020)	Not much to recommend it but has some decent action	2021-03-20	Simon
The Swordsman (2020)	Straightforward but satisfying entertainment	2021-03-02	Simon
A Taxi Driver (2017)	Powerful	2020-09-05	Simon
Arahan (2004)	Urban martial arts action	2020-07-04	Simon
My Sassy Girl (2001)	The most romantic movie of all time?	2020-06-19	Simon
I Saw The Devil (2010)	Really just unpleasant	2012-11-17	Simon
War Of The Arrows (2011)	Nice looking period action film	2012-11-09	Simon
Nowhere to Hide (1999)	Nothing but style	2012-10-25	Simon
A Bittersweet Life (2005)	Will have to watch it again, might have been in the wrong mood	2012-05-30	Simon
Shiri (1999)	Liked it more on subsequent viewings	2012-05-25	Simon
She's On Duty (2005)	not much you won't have seen before	2012-05-25	Simon
Romantic Warriors (2003)	A great "might have been" film	2012-05-25	Simon
My Boss, My Hero (2001)	By the books "Ganster out of water" comedy	2012-05-16	Simon
Crying Fist (2005)	Crying Audience	2005-07-31	Simon
TaeGukGi (2004)	Impressive war film from Korea	2004-12-11	Simon
Can't Live Without Robbery (2003)	Highly recommended!	2004-09-23	Simon
Natural City (2003)	Not a film about cyborgs at all, really	2004-02-20	Simon
My Wife Is A Gangster II (2003)	Sequel that completely misses the charms of the original	2004-01-12	Simon
Resurrection Of The Little Match Girl (2002)	Train wreck... but pretty	2003-04-12	Simon
2009: Lost Memories (2002)	Slick action thriller with iffy script	2003-02-17	Simon
Friend (2001)	kind of boring	2002-09-29	Simon
Guns & Talks (2001)	Funny, smart, stylish	2002-09-25	Simon
Kick The Moon (2001)	Its by the people that made ATTACK THE GAS STATION and it's good	2002-06-02	Simon
Musa (2001)	Superb epic	2002-04-04	Simon