Hopeu

South Korea do great monster movies.

A mutilated cow leads to a hunt for some creature that could do it, that then leads into a chase through town against a monster. However, that is just the first part of the movie. Then the second part kicks in, and there are wider things going on. (And by the ending, we realise we've been following the wrong characters in the movie all along - there is clearly meant to be more movies after this.)

This is a comedy, in that it has comedic elements, that, however, fit badly. There is a lot of tense build up (and a lot of "don't see the monster" to begin with), and a lot of action, and the comedic elements really drop in like a stone dropped into soup. I can see what they wanted, but the tone switches too badly.

I missed seeing this in the theaters because it was screening late, and it is a long movie (over 2 1/2 hours). It could be shorter as there are some repeated sequences in there of "group of people find creature, they are killed, and then the next group find the creature". And the CGI creatures do feel a little unfinished (it was originally screened in an unfinished form, with better effects to come... these don't feel that finished).

On the whole, a good movie, that could be tightened up a little. And needs a sequel or two. 

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