Chun Ji-young's National SecuritySTORY70%DIRECTION69%ACTING75%VISUALS70%POSITIVESDocumentary-like realism and in-depth analysis of the charactersClear political messageGreat actingNEGATIVESOverly grotesque at some points2016-05-2571%Overall ScoreReader Rating: (1 Vote)85%
“National Security” is a unique entry in the field, because apart from the thriller element, it could only be described as sociopolitical exploitation, since for the most part, it consists of scenes of a man being tortured.
The script is based on the memoir by Kim Geun-tae, a democracy activist who was kidnapped and tortured by national police for 22 days, and who later on became a minister of the government. It describes the facts before, but mainly during these 22 days when he was tortured in the Korean Central Intelligence Agency, initially by “police officers” and later by a head interrogator nicknamed “The Undertaker”.
Chung Ji-young directs a cruel film, which takes place almost exclusively in a claustrophobic environment that consists of a cell and a torture room.
“National Security” is a unique entry in the field, because apart from the thriller element, it could only be described as sociopolitical exploitation, since for the most part, it consists of scenes of a man being tortured.
The script is based on the memoir by Kim Geun-tae, a democracy activist who was kidnapped and tortured by national police for 22 days, and who later on became a minister of the government. It describes the facts before, but mainly during these 22 days when he was tortured in the Korean Central Intelligence Agency, initially by “police officers” and later by a head interrogator nicknamed “The Undertaker”.
Chung Ji-young directs a cruel film, which takes place almost exclusively in a claustrophobic environment that consists of a cell and a torture room.
- 5/25/2016
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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