For the Korean filmmakers, and the amazing cast.this is their master stroke. One flaw is that some might find the film a bit long in the tooth, but this is not to be missed for fans of serial killer thrillers and police procedural movies. The beauty is in the details, and this film, like all the great ones, revels in their uncovering. Witness the tiny executions of minutae: The cloth one rogue cop wraps around his boot so as not to leave scars when he kick-boxes suspects into submission, the harried chief of police checking his own blood pressure while trying to keep his off-the-cuff detectives in line or fighting to keep headline-starved reporters at bay, the young female officer desperately trying to showcase her abilities in crime solving between serving the chauvinistic detectives cups of fresh coffee, the outsider detective from Seoul's insistence that documents never lie (and the brutal irony at the climax that challenges his entire sense of being), and the main village detective's scathing speech on the difference between American FBI agents and Koren policemen. Finally, the character development: The small details revealing the haunted souls of the detectives on the case is nothing short of brilliant. This unique time and place serves as a wonderful respite from the typical American big-city setting of so many other films of this ilk. Marking the first of many successful collaborations between four-time Oscar. Memories of Murder tells the harrowing true story of the hunt for a sadistic serial rapist and murderer terrorizing a small province in 1980s South Korea. This is inspired by the true story of Korea's first publicized (and still unsolved) serial killer case. Parasite / Memories of Murder 2-Movie Collection 2020. Second, the place: South Korea, circa the late 1980's, and apparently under some sort of militia rule. Hiding his own murderous past, a man suffering from Alzheimers must protect his daughter from her boyfriend, who he suspects is also a serial killer. First, the mood: Haunting cinematography (rain falling on a small village at night, shadows darting across a thick field of grass, figures lurking in the woods, a masterfully choreographed hot pursuit scene on foot), a poignant music score (aided by the creepy use of a Korean pop song that accompanies each murder), and no-nonsense direction (peppered with fabulous doses of comic relief-how Shakespearan!) keep the film more and more intriguing at each turn and fascinating to watch. This Korean Blu-Ray release has English subtitles, but they can only be activated through your players controls, not through any menu I could find on the disc. 2017 Maturity Rating: 16+ 1h 53m Thrillers. The filmmakers here craft a taut, careful, and delicately strung together motion picture that relishes in its amazing development of mood, place, and character. This is probably the best crime thriller I've seen since "Insomnia," and contains the most haunting climax of any serial killer flick since "Seven." But like most films reaching for greatness, this is most admirable for its striking details.
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