As far as high concept thrillers go, Kim Bong-joo’s debut effort “The Phone” probably falls somewhere in the middle. An undeniable commercial success, it is consistently intriguing, and seamlessly navigates the reefs of the fantasy genre film without stumbling into tropes, even if it does rely on one almost blindly suspending one’s disbelief throughout.
At the heart of the movie is Ko Dong-ho (Son Hyun-joo), an ex-lawyer who has decided to tackle a higher-paid position at a pharmaceutical firm. Mildly unreliable in the opening act, he chooses social drinking over his family to celebrate his newfound success, ignoring a phone-call from his wife Jo Yeon-soo (Uhm Ji-won), who has gotten into a car crash. As it turns out, these choices prove to be fatal, as Dong-ho’s apathetic response to his wife’s plea ultimately leaves her vulnerable, whereby she is murdered in a mismanaged robbery.
At the heart of the movie is Ko Dong-ho (Son Hyun-joo), an ex-lawyer who has decided to tackle a higher-paid position at a pharmaceutical firm. Mildly unreliable in the opening act, he chooses social drinking over his family to celebrate his newfound success, ignoring a phone-call from his wife Jo Yeon-soo (Uhm Ji-won), who has gotten into a car crash. As it turns out, these choices prove to be fatal, as Dong-ho’s apathetic response to his wife’s plea ultimately leaves her vulnerable, whereby she is murdered in a mismanaged robbery.
- 11/15/2020
- by Nathan Sartain
- AsianMoviePulse
Korea’s Next Entertainment World (New) and China’s Huace have launched a Beijing-based joint venture and announced their first projects.
The collaboration of the two entertainment media majors will be titled Huace & New and their first three projects have been revealed at the Busan International Film Festival (Biff)
Kim Woo Taek, CEO of New, said: “The company is a 50:50 joint venture established in China. On principle, both companies will be investing and producing together in all the films. We’ll be sending employees to the new company to work on site.
“Huace has the highest market share in China. When they first decided to invest, it was a year ago. Since then, we’ve had exchanges and confirmations and have decided which projects to work on.
“But the biggest reason we have made this joint venture is because both companies share similar cultures of positivity, enterprise and creativity, so that we...
The collaboration of the two entertainment media majors will be titled Huace & New and their first three projects have been revealed at the Busan International Film Festival (Biff)
Kim Woo Taek, CEO of New, said: “The company is a 50:50 joint venture established in China. On principle, both companies will be investing and producing together in all the films. We’ll be sending employees to the new company to work on site.
“Huace has the highest market share in China. When they first decided to invest, it was a year ago. Since then, we’ve had exchanges and confirmations and have decided which projects to work on.
“But the biggest reason we have made this joint venture is because both companies share similar cultures of positivity, enterprise and creativity, so that we...
- 10/5/2015
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
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