Korean high school kids are brutally tortured and murdered by the vengeful spirit of HOMEWORKπ»ππ»
A weekend class of top students turns into a nightmare when a mysterious voice traps them inside, forcing them to solve deadly riddles; or watch their classmates slowly die. Think Saw, but instead of self-inflicted pain, itβs the brutality of a dreaded pop quiz.
The film leans hard into J-horror high school death games, where students drop one by one until a mass slaughter convenientlyβ¦
I remember showing her films to my friends during long weekend movie marathon sleepovers, where we'd discuss each movie after it ended. I still remember some of the talks we had about her films, as she was always in such harsh roles.
We watched her grow and assumed she would continue long after we faded. And God says nothing back but I told you so.
My third time watching this and it's easily 30β¦
A cram school dropout. A pair of petty thieves. A carefree young woman. All drifting through the bustling bright darkness of Taipei. Arcades. Roller Rinks. Night Markets. Lost and found. Together, but not quite. Endless swarming traffic connected via a lifeblood of taxis and scooters. Refuge comes in the form of stained rooms, where kids can briefly reveal themselves before hiding once more in the apocalyptic adult uproar.
This was the gritty kind of Asia I grew up with. Everyβ¦
Thai film about a woman decluttering junk and realizing that a lot of it comes attached with unresolved memories from all those that once occupied her world.
Refreshing her life takes an unexpected, exhausting emotional toll that she's forced to deal with, before she can completely disgard everything and move on.
I think a lot of us can relate when we're clearing out stuff we haven't seen in ages; handling each long forgotten item sends a flood of buried memoriesβ¦
