This is The Exorcist, Korean Style. If you look at this film, expect an amalgam of different genres - comedy, horror, drama, soap opera melodrama, all, unfortunately, colliding with each other through an "everything in the kitchen sink" mashup.
The bad: the police. They make the Keystone Cops look like Holmes and Watson. Absolutely ridiculous and spineless, I didn't know if the movie was supposed to be a real horror flick or a tribute to Abbott & Costello Meets the Wolfman. If the police were so terrified of being policemen, maybe they should just hang their hats in a vegetable stall somewhere. The pacing of the movie could use a little tightening up, too. The cheesy acting could also grate on your nerves, too. The cheesy, manipulative soundtrack also cost the movie a star.
The good: the special effects. No expense was spared in this department. All the gore looked realistic as well as the zombies themselves. They went out of their way to make those elements believable, and they were. Nice set design, too. Showed a seedy, poor favela-type style of Korea you often never see in pictures. That was a plus. Maybe that over-dramatic acting style is a Korean thing and, therefore, lost on me. Anyway, it is what it is. Recommended? Not really. You've seen most, if not all, of the scenes in this movie somewhere before. You won't miss much here.
The bad: the police. They make the Keystone Cops look like Holmes and Watson. Absolutely ridiculous and spineless, I didn't know if the movie was supposed to be a real horror flick or a tribute to Abbott & Costello Meets the Wolfman. If the police were so terrified of being policemen, maybe they should just hang their hats in a vegetable stall somewhere. The pacing of the movie could use a little tightening up, too. The cheesy acting could also grate on your nerves, too. The cheesy, manipulative soundtrack also cost the movie a star.
The good: the special effects. No expense was spared in this department. All the gore looked realistic as well as the zombies themselves. They went out of their way to make those elements believable, and they were. Nice set design, too. Showed a seedy, poor favela-type style of Korea you often never see in pictures. That was a plus. Maybe that over-dramatic acting style is a Korean thing and, therefore, lost on me. Anyway, it is what it is. Recommended? Not really. You've seen most, if not all, of the scenes in this movie somewhere before. You won't miss much here.