Telmisseomding (1999)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Yoon-Hyun Chang

Writers:

Yoon-Hyun Chang (writer)
Eun-Ah In (writer)

Release Date:

13 November 1999 (South Korea)

Genre:

Thriller | Horror | Crime | Mystery

Plot:

In Seoul, parts not matching of severed copses of three men are found in cars and bags left in public spaces...

Plot Keywords:

Detective | Police | Internal Affairs | Bag | Telephone Call

Cast

Suk-kyu Han	...	Detective Cho
Eun-ha Shim	...	Chae Su-Yeon
Hang-Seon Jang	...	Detective Oh
Jung-ah Yum	...	Seungmin Oh
Seok-Hwan An
Cheol-Ho Park
Jun-Sang Yu	...	Kim Ki-yeon
Hwan-Jun Lee

Also Known As:

Tell Me Something (International: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong bloody violence and gruesome images, some language and nudity.

Runtime:

118 min

Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:18 | Ireland:18 | Germany:16 | Australia:MA (TV rating) | Iceland:16 | Finland:K-15 | France:-12 | Hong Kong:IIB | USA:R | South Korea:18 | Japan:R-15 | Sweden:15

Company:

Koo & Cee Film

Soundtrack:

Red Right Hand

Horrific thriller

This South Korean thriller undoubtedly belongs to the most impressive genre films of the last years and stands in one line with classics like "Seven" or "The Silence of the Lambs". In a way, it even tops both American movies, even though it's not really comparable to them, because the story goes in another direction as the movie proceeds.

"Tell Me Something" starts of as a serial killer thriller clearly influenced by "Seven", but it becomes much more Giallo-like in the second half to become some valid social comment with its downbeat climax.

The acting is also remarkable, just as the sublime black humor that surfaces once in a while and the outrageously gory moments that will leave You gasping for breath even if You've seen many gorefests before. The last point is particularly interesting considering that the film never tries to outdo some notorious Italian horror movie of the early 1980s or Category-III-romp from Hongkong's 1990s.

The diversity of interesting aspects make this top-notch thriller interesting for hard core horror buffs as well as moviegoers that normally don't pay for such violent movies. Astonishingly as it may sound, it's a very sensible movie in a way. Nevertheless, it surely is nothing for the easily offended or faint hearted. It's just demanding cinema which makes no compromises, which most really good films are.

Highly recommended.