Although the theme and the movie's take is rather vain, it manages to overarch different elements of a paranoia-fueled, lust-obsessed society in a way that comes full-circle, but neither judges nor resolves these tensions.
A thrilling watch, with at times great comedic timing.
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
This has not aged well and the world has gone beyond the sentiment that serves as leitmotif in this story.
Tim Thomas (Will Smith) is something further below the line of a psycopath. This very american dream themed movie revolves around the fact that if you are rich enough, you can be an apathetic a**hole and rip holes through other people's lives, manipulate and extort them, but still manage to feel good about yourself. It is a disgusting praise of…
A suspenseful thriller with a plot fueled by, well, incompetence and helplessness? And Bong Joon-Ho masterfully weaves a story where there are neither certainties nor clarity. The leads of the policemen are more insipid and useless than the rumors and playstories of schoolchildren. The aesthetic treatment of rural landscapes and elements of nature (such as the rain and rice paddies, in their vegetal and non-sentient indifference) synergetically blending with the accidents of the government apparatus (the mining company, the police…
