AFTER A LOT OF DELIBERATIONS N PERSUASIONS I GAVE IN AND WATCHED THE HOST. WITH ALL THE GREAT REVIEWS I HAD READ I WAS PRETTY MUCH EXPECTING A PERFECT MOVIE. BUT I'VE BEEN RUDELY SHOCKED DUE TO MY EXPECTATIONS FROM A MOVIE BEFORE. SO I WAS A LITTLE SKEPTICAL BEFORE SETTING MY EXPECTATIONS SKYHIGH. BUT 30 MINUTES INTO THE MOVIE AND I WAS SPELLBOUND LOOKING BELOW AT MY RAISED EXPECTATIONS WHICH LOOKED A TAD SMALLER THAN WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN MY REAL EXPECTATIONS :)
SYNOPSIS: A SOUTH KOREAN TOWN GETS ATTACKED BY A MONSTER. AND IT TAKES AWAY A LITTLE GIRL INTO ITS LAIR. NOW HER DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY MUST UNITE TO SAVE HER.
LOOKING AT THE SYNOPSIS YOU IMAGINE A PRETTY STANDARD MONSTER MOVIE. BUT SURPRISINGLY ITS NOT. ITS NOT AN OUT AN OUT HORROR MONSTER WITH OUR CHARACTERS HELPING THE GOVERNMENT IN KILLING THE MONSTER. INSTEAD THE GOVERNMENT IS HELLBENT ON STOPPING THE FAMILY. UNLIKE HOLLYWOOD MONSTER MOVIES THIS DOESNT HAVE THE REGULAR HEROIC CHARACTERS OUT ON SAVING THE CITY. THESE ARE PEOPLE WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL AND DRINKING PROBLEMS. THEY ARE POOR. ALSO THEY DONT HAVE AN IPHONE ;) SO MOST OF THE PEOPLE ATLEAST IN INDIA N OTHERS IN KOREAN NEIGHBOURHOOD COULD IDENTIFY WITH. AND THAT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE TO THE EFFECT OF THE MOVIE ON YOUR NERVES.
DIRECTED N CO WRITTEN BY JOON HO BONG THIS IS NOT ONLY A HORROR SCI FI BUT ALSO A SATIRICAL LOOK AT AMERICA AND ITS OWN GOVERNMENT. COMIC SITUATIONS IN THE MOST UNUSUAL PLACES MAKES YOU SMILE. IT DOESNT IN ANY WAY LOOKS LIKE A MONSTER MOVIE. AND MOST OF THE CREDIT SHOULD GO TO BONG FOR THAT. HE NEVER PRESENTS THIS AS A RUN OF THE MILL MONSTER MOVIE BUT AS A DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY MOVIE IN WHICH A MONSTER IS INVOLVED. PLUS THE SCREENPLAY IS DECENT. I FELT IT SAGGED A LITTLE HERE N THERE BUT BONG SAVED THE DAY.
AND TO TAKE THIS MOVIE TO ANOTHER LEVEL THE ACTORS HAVE A HUGE ROLE TO PLAY. THE CAST INCLUDES CLOUD ATLAS ACTRESS DOONA BAE. KANG HO SANG,HIE-BONG BYEON,AND PARK HIE BONG ARE THE OTHER THREE MEMBERS OF THE DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY. THEY PLAY THEIR PART WITH CONVICTION AND GOOFINESS. AND THEIR AWESOME CHEMISTRY MEANS WE GET INVOLVED IN THEIR CRAZINESS N THEIR FIGHT. THEY ARE LIKE YOU N ME. THE UNDERDOGS AND WE WANT THEM TO SAVE THE DAY. HATS OFF TO THE SINCERE PERFORMANCES FROM THEM AND THE SUPPORTING CAST AS WELL.
SOME SERIOUSLY GOOD CINEMATOGRAPHY MAKES THIS EVEN MORE PLEASURABLE N SCARY.SHOT IN THE REAL SEWERS THE CAMERAWORK HAS BEEN UNIVERSALLY APPLAUDED N TODAY I REALIZED WHY :) PLUS THE EDITING IS TIGHT. AND A LITTLE OFF THE MARK CGI DOESNT TAKE AWAY A LOT FROM THE MOVIE. AND AS FOR THE MONSTER IT WAS PRETTY DAMN GOOD N SCARY.
SO ALL IN ALL A MONSTER MOVIE WHICH WILL KEEP YOU ENGROSSED WITH ITS WITTINESS AND POLITICAL ALLEGORIES. AND A RARELY SEEN UNIVERSALLY IDENTIFIABLE CHARACTERS. HOST A SCREENING ASAP :)
HighTension Meter- 8/10.
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