FILM REVIEWS: Kim Jee-woon
Director: Kim Jee-woon
Genre: Thriller-Action
Tense espionage thriller set in 1920s occupied Korea as a resistance movement attempts to destabilise Japanese rule
Director: Kim Jee-woon
Genre: Crime-Drama
A stylish revenge thriller about honour and tragedy featuring a pulsating lead performance from Lee Byung-hun
Director: Kim Jee-woon
Genre: Comedy-Drama
A much-maligned, failing banker finds meaning in the wrestling ring in this smartly shot comedy with plenty of heart
Director: Kim Jee-woon
Genre: Western-Action
A fistful of riotous fun, action-filled Western sees bandits and army forces pursue a treasure map and its loot in the 1930s
Director: Kim Jee-woon
Genre: Action-Thriller
Revenge is served repeatedly in this unflinching tale of an intelligence agent’s relentless pursuit of a sadistic serial killer
Director: Kim Jee-woon
Genre: Action–Sci-fi
Stylish and filled with kinetic action, a government special unit hunts a rebel group in the near-future
Director: Kim Jee-woon
Genre: Action
A throwback to 80s action films offers car chase revved entertainment despite a smorgasbord of bad acting
Director: Kim Jee-woon
Genre: Black comedy
Dark comedy servers up hilarity and horror with a killer cast
and crew of future Korean cinema stars
MADAME FREEDOM
(1956)
THE WAILING
(2016)
Director: Kim Jee-woon
Genre: Horror-Drama
An atmospheric, psychological horror which offers a subtle and dread-building reimagining of an often-told Korean folktale
