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This
is a bland example of the post Ring style horror movies that has
permeated our filmmaking world. Will this endless barrage of cheesy
horror movies with evil kids ever end?
The
film starts out with a young couple that are trying to have a
child, and have been trying for sometime but to no avail. The
husband (Do-il) suggests adopting a child and the wife (Mi-sook)
reluctantly agrees. They go to an agency and meet a young lad
(Jin-seong) that happens to be a very active artist, and of course
the art is grim and holds graphic visions of his now deceased
mother whom he thinks has been re-incarnated as a tree. They adopt
him and all is fairly well; he has a bizarre obsession with the
tree that grows in their back garden but nobody thinks anything
of it. The mother-in law constantly talks about Jin-seong being
evil and that they should have never adopted him. It is at this
point that Mi-sook becomes pregnant and has a child. This creates
a rivalry between the two kids for attention of the parents, and
even though the baby doesn’t know it Jin-seong tries to
kill him. It is at this point that it all goes a bit strange and
unpredictable. Jin-seong goes missing and the entire family do
not know what to do about it, so they decide not to do anything.
Inevitably Jin-seong keeps appearing and disappearing and causes
all sorts of supernatural havoc, or so we think. The husband goes
mad and becomes an alcoholic and a wife beater blaming Mi-sook
and in general the film becomes over complicated leading towards
the ending.
You
might have noticed the longer than usual film description, I have
done this simply because you will not want to bother with the
film. This is a pretentious over complicated and badly made film
that simply relies on cheap scare tactics that aren’t very
scary. There are a couple of very cool looking set pieces, but
they are right at the end and I have to question whether they
are worth the wait, and my answer sadly is no. The story is unclear
through a large section of the film and has real problems explaining
what is going on, and it takes ages to get to the point. The acting
is weak and the kid simply walks around looking evil. The funniest
part of this film however is the music, every time Jin-seong does
something, even the most mundane little activity, it warrants
an ominous music cue and a close up of his evil eyes. Example
- ‘Mum I’m going outside’ DUH-DUH-DUNNN (Close
up). The film is simply boring, longwinded and unoriginal.
This
film is worth avoiding at all costs, the lack lustre storyline,
the endless twist endings and the boring look made this film tedious
and frustrating. Watch at your own risk.
-
Dr. Octopene
Extras
The
DVD has the usual trailers, tv spots , short making of and various
other little bits. The menu looks quite nice but has confusing
music switches in places.
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