7/10
Liked each segment individually
10 September 2010
This is basically a film of three stories in one movie, each of them being creepy and bizarre and each of them being around 45 min. The first segment is my least favorite and yet the most messed up one out of the three about some women that eats dumplings, except the ingredients are from dead infants. But for the most part it was boring, there is a longer whole movie version from this segment with a different ending from what I heard. That I didn't check out yet, but probably better than the shortened version. The second segment is my favorite out of the three, everything about it was intense and interesting. Especially the mind games the director and the stranger play against each other, it was a great horror experience. Some may compare this to "Saw" movies, but this short segment is much better than most "Saw" movies, and Park Chan-wook Park did a great job with this. Some complain because the characters were not likable, but it just shows that everyone makes mistakes and I personally didn't dislike the characters from a few mistakes they made in the past, except the stranger. The segment the "Box" is my second favorite although it doesn't really explain what is going on deeply and leaves it up for the audience to decide. It is also the strangest segment out of the three and subtle. Now that I think about it I actually kinda liked how it left things unsure, like a dream and left it up for the audience to decide. I like one more than the other, but liked each segment individually and is pretty darn good as a package.

7.8/10
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