Fresh
What's singular in all this is the director's angle into the material, which is subtle, difficult to pin down, elusive.
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
Memories of Murder
The worst of them will stay with you... forever.
2003 · 2h 11m · Not Rated
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Bong Joon Ho
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Memories of Murder
Overview
A sadistic serial rapist and murderer of young women terrorizes a small province in 1980s South Korea. To prevent further crimes, three increasingly desperate detectives with conflicting methods race against time to unravel the violent mind of the killer in a futile effort to solve the case.
Director and cast
- Bong Joon Ho Director
- Song Kang-ho as Detective Park Doo-man
- Kim Sang-kyung as Detective Seo Tae-yoon
- Kim Roi-ha as Detective Cho Yong-koo
- Song Jae-ho as Sergeant Shin Dong-chul
- Byun Hee-bong as Sergeant Koo Hee-bong
- Byeon Hie-bong as Sergeant Koo Hee-bong
- Go Seo-hee as Officer Kwon Kwi-ok
- Seo-hie Ko as Officer Kwon Kwi-ok
- Ryu Tae-ho as Jo Byung-soon
- Park No-shik as Baek Kwang-ho
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Fresh
An involving and skillfully mounted film from Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-Ho that's based on a true story.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Fresh
Bong not only has an eye for beauty there are some gorgeous shots of the country's farmland but for the absurd.
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger
Fresh
Uses dark humor, incisive characterizations and social commentary to infuse its familiar detective tale with a distinctive flair.
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
Fresh
Memories of Murder is such a taut, effective thriller it's a shame you have to read subtitles to gauge just how good a movie it is.
Manohla Dargis, New York Times
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