TO CATCH A VIRGIN GHOST (yeah, I swear, that's the title; it's also known as SISILY 2KM) is a fun, enjoyable black comedy-thriller set in a small village in South Korea. It'd be difficult to explain even the story without giving much away, but suffice to say the film opens with a thug on the run from the mob (after stealing a cache of diamonds), who accidentally crashes his SUV near a remote village. Walking to the village, he finds about a half-dozen country bumpkins, men and women working the fields, who he cons into letting him stay the night because he's stranded. When a practical joke gone bad results in the not-too- bright gangster's death (he cracks his skull on the toilet in the john), the villagers find one of the diamonds on him (he swallowed the rest; long story), and instead of calling the police they decide to bury the dead crook and sell the diamond to make their lives prosperous again. When the dead guy's ex-buddies from the mob come looking for him, the guy's crashed vehicle leads them directly to the simple villagers - and a female ghost that spooks the gang's leader big-time.
But this is a KOREAN film - which means the gangsters ... the villagers ... even the ghost are not what they may at first seem. Further, is the guy who stole the diamonds even really dead?? Things get very weird, very fast in this low-budget black comedy where, just when you think you KNOW who the bad guys are, you find your perception of things might just have been dead wrong.
I watched this on Netflix because (other than my love for Korean films) the film had some very well-received reviews there. Was so totally NOT disappointed; just keep in mind this one is both funny and a little bizarre - and well worth your time.
But this is a KOREAN film - which means the gangsters ... the villagers ... even the ghost are not what they may at first seem. Further, is the guy who stole the diamonds even really dead?? Things get very weird, very fast in this low-budget black comedy where, just when you think you KNOW who the bad guys are, you find your perception of things might just have been dead wrong.
I watched this on Netflix because (other than my love for Korean films) the film had some very well-received reviews there. Was so totally NOT disappointed; just keep in mind this one is both funny and a little bizarre - and well worth your time.