H (2002)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Jong-hyuk Lee

Writer:

Jong-hyuk Lee (writer)

Release Date:

27 December 2002 (South Korea)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

An Intelligent Thriller

Plot:

A serial killer named Shin-Hyun gives himself up to police. He confesses to committing a series of particularly...

Plot Keywords:

One Letter Title | Pregnant Woman Murdered | Hypnosis | Multiple Personality | Murder Mystery

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Jung-ah Yum	...	Detective Kim Mi Yun
Jin-hee Ji	...	Detective Kang Tae Hyun
Ji-ru Sung	...	Detective Park
Seung-woo Cho	...	Shin Hyun
Woong-ki Min	...	Choi Young Jin
Yong-soo Park	...	Chief Jang
Hyuk Poong Kwon	...	Captain Lee
Eol Lee	...	Detective Han Jung-Woo
In-kwon Kim	...	Huh Young-Taek
Kil-soo Park	...	Bae Yong-Man
Sun-kyung Kim	...	Dr. Chu Kyung-sook
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bu-seon Kim
Roe-ha Kim
Seon-mi Yeon

MPAA:

Rated R for strong bloody violence and language.

Runtime:

South Korea:106 min

Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Netherlands:16 | Singapore:NC-16 | Finland:K-18 | Japan:R-15 | South Korea:15 | Sweden:15 | Germany:18 | Hong Kong:IIB | USA:R | UK:18

Filming Locations:

Busan, South Korea

Company:

B.O.M. Film Productions Co.

Trivia:

In Korea, "going to the beach" is synonymous with committing suicide.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: The English subtitles on this movie are horribly inaccurate. For example, instead of saying that the killer "cut out" or "removed" the fetus, the subtitle states, "he excavated the embryo."

'H' stands for horrible

I could go on about the slow pace, bad acting, moodiness, implausibility, contrived and generally ridiculous plot line but suffice to say that I wish it was me getting a bullet in my head at the end of the movie.

The movie was dreadful. I'd recommend almost any other Korean movie over this. The sheer number of times I found myself scoffing at the actions of the characters, the plot "twists" or the character "dialogue" were too numerous to count.

Any deeper reading about the supposed message of the movie only serves to obscure the fact that this was one horrible flick.

The only positive comment I can make (as someone on the message boards noted) was some of the very interesting artwork; I quite liked it.