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7/10
2019-2-9
aboiement15 May 2019
This is so disgusting and so real. Why did those girls not running away? Was there really nothing they can do with the contract? How did this industry become this ugly? Why can bad people always escape and never pay for it? Too difficult to understand. I wouldn't be surprised if there are little boys in the industry become some disgusting people's toys.
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7/10
One movie that Don Lee did not punch anyone in the face...
elle-six30 July 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Imagine my disappointment goin through the whole film without Don Lee punching anyone. In fact, he got punched once instead.

As for the story... im sure everyone gets the gist of it from other 2 reviews. I sat through till the end, waiting for Don Lee to punch the lawyers or the judge. None of that. Now i have to go watch another Don Lee movie with him doin some punching. Good courtroom drama though.
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4/10
Me Too before it was a thing... but too dull to stir any emotional support
grandmastersik19 August 2019
Girls in the Korean film inustry - or who are desperate to break into it - are passed around by management companies... for whatever there is to gain. One such girl hates having to give it out to all those graffiti guys, gets depressed and, unable to leave her manager due to some contract only an idiot(/desperate hoe) would sign, kills herself.

Sigh, now here is the real issue: if girls would do anything to get ahead and men know it, what is the fuss? Okay, I'd hate for any woman I knew to be forced into that position, and it's crap that ego-tard men in powerful positions can't respect women who say No, but instead, bench their careers because there are plenty of other chicks willing to say Yes (or, "Yes! Yes! Yes!") , but the film never explores this argument. I fact, the film offers precious little anything - it just kind of assumes that the viewer will be gripped due to it being based on some hot Korean girl who hanged herself after being treated like meat for too long.

To be honest, the film has a very powerful message: it's a screwed up industry that needs to change. Unfortunately, this isn't brought into play. The film literally plods along at a snail's pace, ends, and we're supposed to give a damn. Personally, I was too bored to be affected, and that's the real shame: a stronger film and this could've brought about change a few years sooner.
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