Ever been fooled by a video\DVD sleeve? You get sold that what you are about to see is the greatest action movie ever and you end up with a turgid melodrama and action sequences that have the excitement of a party political broadcast? In the west, we got that a lot,as distributors would look to capitalize on the latest trend. On occasion we get the reverse and despite being sold as one thing we get a really good example of something else. “Sword with No Name” got a Blu-ray release in the UK and I expected a full on period action movie. What I got was something definitely not as advertised but equally fascinating in its own right.
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A period set drama and the land is in turmoil. A young woman (Soo Ae) is selected to be the new bride for the Emperor...
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A period set drama and the land is in turmoil. A young woman (Soo Ae) is selected to be the new bride for the Emperor...
- 11/11/2021
- by Ben Stykuc
- AsianMoviePulse
While the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic of 2020 is still ongoing, and will probably continue for quite some time, this naturally does not stop movie publishers worldwide to try and cash in on these developments. At least it seems that way, considering a South Korean film which was made in 2013 has been published in countries like Germany, albeit under the much more fitting title “Pandemic”. Leaving this context aside “Flu” is yet another entry into South Korea’s ventures into the genre of the disaster movie after such promising releases like “Ashfall”. Directed by Kim Sung-soo (“Asura: The City of Madness”) “Flu” combines the aesthetics of blockbuster cinema with a human story about survival and saving others.
When a container of undocumented immigrants reaches the city of Budang, South Korea, it also carries another, unwelcome passenger that has already killed the majority of the people inside. As the last...
When a container of undocumented immigrants reaches the city of Budang, South Korea, it also carries another, unwelcome passenger that has already killed the majority of the people inside. As the last...
- 10/8/2020
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
We told you about the new Korean horror flick Flu back in January, and time has flown, kids! The flick is hitting DVD tomorrow, March 18th, and right now we have an infectious new and exclusive clip for you that's nothing to sneeze at! Check it out!
Sung-su Kim (Beat, Scream City) delivers the viscous viral outbreak thriller Flu, debuting on DVD March 18th from Cj Entertainment.
The all-star cast includes Hyuk Jang (The Client), Soo Ae (Sunny, A Family), Yoo Hae-jin (Musa-The Warrior, King and the Clown), and newcomer Min-ah Park.
Synopsis
A human trafficker is infected with an unknown virus and dies in a Bundang hospital, covered in red rashes and coughing up blood. Less than 24 hours after the death of the first patient, similar cases are reported all over Bundang. The medics despair over the super-virus that has no known cure, but they soon find...
Sung-su Kim (Beat, Scream City) delivers the viscous viral outbreak thriller Flu, debuting on DVD March 18th from Cj Entertainment.
The all-star cast includes Hyuk Jang (The Client), Soo Ae (Sunny, A Family), Yoo Hae-jin (Musa-The Warrior, King and the Clown), and newcomer Min-ah Park.
Synopsis
A human trafficker is infected with an unknown virus and dies in a Bundang hospital, covered in red rashes and coughing up blood. Less than 24 hours after the death of the first patient, similar cases are reported all over Bundang. The medics despair over the super-virus that has no known cure, but they soon find...
- 3/17/2014
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
We told you about the new Korean horror flick Flu back in January and even showed off some artwork and stills. In case you're still not feeling better, this latest trailer should more than do the trick. Check it out!
From the Press Release
Sung-su Kim (Beat, Scream City) delivers the viscous viral outbreak thriller Flu, debuting on DVD March 18th from Cj Entertainment.
The worst epidemic ever seen is sweeping through the Seoul suburb of Bundang. Within hours after a patient dies in the hospital covered in an oozing red rash and regurgitating blood, the deadly virus sweeps the city and the body count rapidly rises. Medical professionals are in a panic over the mysteriously murderous infection, and soon the government orders the military to quarantine the entire area -- no one gets in, no one gets out. Desperation and violence grip the public as the infected and non-infected...
From the Press Release
Sung-su Kim (Beat, Scream City) delivers the viscous viral outbreak thriller Flu, debuting on DVD March 18th from Cj Entertainment.
The worst epidemic ever seen is sweeping through the Seoul suburb of Bundang. Within hours after a patient dies in the hospital covered in an oozing red rash and regurgitating blood, the deadly virus sweeps the city and the body count rapidly rises. Medical professionals are in a panic over the mysteriously murderous infection, and soon the government orders the military to quarantine the entire area -- no one gets in, no one gets out. Desperation and violence grip the public as the infected and non-infected...
- 3/4/2014
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Blue Is The Warmest Colour | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | Computer Chess : Parkland | The Family | Breakfast With Johnny Wilkinson | Flu | ¡Vivan Las Antipodas! | Vendetta
Blue Is The Warmest Colour (18)
(Abdellatif Kechiche, 2013, Fra/Bel/Sp) Adèle Exarchopoulos, Léa Seydoux, Jérémie Laheurte. 180 mins
Beyond making viewers feel lecherous, this Cannes winner's already notorious sexual frankness is just one element in an intense, sensual study of a young woman learning about love, life and, yes, sex. It's storytelling at its finest: simple but detailed, and at times unbearably emotional.
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (12A)
(Francis Lawrence, 2013, Us) Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson. 146 mins
The only post-Twilight teen franchise left standing brings media manipulation and simmering revolution to its next round of youth combat.
Computer Chess (15)
(Andrew Bujalski, 2013, Us) Patrick Riester, Myles Paige, James Curry. 91 mins
The cruddy video quality and geeky insularity of the early computing era are fondly rebooted in this delightful retro farce.
Blue Is The Warmest Colour (18)
(Abdellatif Kechiche, 2013, Fra/Bel/Sp) Adèle Exarchopoulos, Léa Seydoux, Jérémie Laheurte. 180 mins
Beyond making viewers feel lecherous, this Cannes winner's already notorious sexual frankness is just one element in an intense, sensual study of a young woman learning about love, life and, yes, sex. It's storytelling at its finest: simple but detailed, and at times unbearably emotional.
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (12A)
(Francis Lawrence, 2013, Us) Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson. 146 mins
The only post-Twilight teen franchise left standing brings media manipulation and simmering revolution to its next round of youth combat.
Computer Chess (15)
(Andrew Bujalski, 2013, Us) Patrick Riester, Myles Paige, James Curry. 91 mins
The cruddy video quality and geeky insularity of the early computing era are fondly rebooted in this delightful retro farce.
- 11/23/2013
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
It’s the perfect time of year for a scary movie about killer flu wiping out a population. Simply named Flu, this is a typical disaster movie, South Korean style, from The Warrior writer-director Sung-su Kim. However, it contains the drama within the boundaries of the district of Bundang, the suburb of Seoul – supposedly one of South Korea’s wealthiest and highest developed areas – so it has a unique identity as a piece of film-making from the region, even though it may follow the same plot-lines of larger epics. It also presents an interesting insight into social and political attitudes of the region.
After a container containing illegal immigrants is found with just one survivor in Bundang, the residents quickly start to become ill and infected with a strange and deadly, flu-like virus that spreads as an airborne disease. The city with half a million people is sealed off, its...
After a container containing illegal immigrants is found with just one survivor in Bundang, the residents quickly start to become ill and infected with a strange and deadly, flu-like virus that spreads as an airborne disease. The city with half a million people is sealed off, its...
- 11/22/2013
- by Lisa Giles-Keddie
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
(Screened at the 2013 London Korean Film Festival.) A deadly outbreak devastates Korea in “The Flu”, the latest film from acclaimed “Musa the Warrior” director Kim Sung Su, and his first in some ten years. The blockbuster thriller takes the real life threat of a mutated version of the avian flu virus and ramps it up in classic disaster movie fashion, placing an A-list cast in its path with the usual apocalyptic results. Popular stars Jang Hyuk (“Iris 2”) and Soo Ae (“Athena, Goddess of War”) headline, racing against time as they try to save themselves and find a cure. The film begins with a container full of illegal Hong Kong immigrants arriving in a suburb of Seoul, only for the smugglers to open it and find them dead, victims of a particularly nasty new strain of avian flu. A lone survivor escapes and unwittingly starts spreading the disease, with thousands more...
- 11/6/2013
- by James Mudge
- Beyond Hollywood
Director: Kim Sung-soo. Review: Chris Sawin. Hong Kong, April 2014. Illegal immigrants are smuggled in a container headed to Bundang, which is near Seoul, South Korea. The container arrives full of dead immigrants except for one man carrying a form of avian flu that evolves rapidly and is extremely contagious. Byeong-woo (Lee Sang-yeob), one of the brothers who open the container, dies from the illness but an outbreak has already begun as the virus spreads. The epidemic puts Bundang in a state of absolute pandemonium. The city full of 472,000 residents is eventually shut down as the government forces everyone, infected or not, into quarantine camps. The scramble to find a vaccine becomes a high priority but even more so for doctor and single mother Kim In-hae (Soo Ae) whose daughter recently contracted the virus. A rescue worker named Kang Jigu (Jang Hyuk) goes above and beyond his normal duties to protect...
- 8/31/2013
- 24framespersecond.net
Can you play Region 3 DVDs? If so, you’re in luck. Director Kim Sang Man’s radio-oriented thriller “Midnight FM” is headed to DVD this October. The bonus, of course, is that the disc comes equipped with English subtitles. Which is great, especially for those of us who can’t speak Korean. Beyond Hollywood’s own James Mudge reviewed the film earlier this year, which you can read by clicking right here. Here’s hoping Stateside distribution isn’t too far behind. If you’re unfamiliar with “Midnight FM”, then you should probably read this: Tonight is late night radio host Sun Young’s (Soo Ae) final show. The next morning she will be flying to the States with her ill daughter. During the program, she receives a shocking phone message: her family has been taken hostage. Threatening to kill her family if she doesn’t do as he says,...
- 9/29/2011
- by Todd Rigney
- Beyond Hollywood
The Sword with No Name could have been a great movie if the storytellers realized that not everyone knows the history behind Korea’s Queen Min. Viewers who are not familiar with the backstory of Korea’s relationship with Japan, the Joseon Dynasty or the First Sino-Japanese War, will be lost for most of the film. Since the core of The Sword with No Name is a love story, the dense political details often get lost. You’ll never quite get what’s going on with Russia, Catholicism, the Japanese and the internal civil war in the royal family. Decisions and motivations tend to jump around often, to focus more on the fabricated relationship between Empress Myeong-seong (Soo Ae) and Moo-myeong (Seung-woo Cho). Still there are several beautiful cinematic sequences. Some of the fight sequences look like they inspired the vivid fight sequences in Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch. The drama is there,...
- 9/29/2011
- by Bags H.
- BuzzFocus.com
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