Fresh
Still, Won pulls off a rare trick: to be funny and frightening while continuing to ratch the tension up and up. Performances, too, are top notch.
Wally Hammond, Time Out
A Bloody Aria
Unrelenting, deranged nightmare!
2006 · 1h 55m · Not Rated
Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Directed by
Won Shin-yun
Overview
A student and her teacher go to a secluded area in the middle of nowhere to practice open-air singing. There they run into a gang of local thugs who initially seem friendly but slowly reveal their sinister side.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
39%
Tomatometer
Rotten
A simply unpleasant experience.
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
Fresh
For the most part A Bloody Aria has an adept way of muddying these themes for audiences expecting the usual gore-thirsty trip.
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
Fresh
It may seem an odd thing to say about a film in which a baseball bat as an instrument of assault and rape is a recurring theme, but what makes A Bloody Aria a darkly delightful surprise is its restraint.
Neil Genzlinger, New York Times
Rotten
If you always enjoyed Harold Pinter's tense chamber dramas but wished the characters were better armed, A Bloody Aria is your ticket.
Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York
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