Recalled (2021) :
Brief Review -
A super korean mystery thriller with enough twists and unexpected emotional bonding. Korean thrillers are known for its utter brutality and highly twisting storylines but there are few films in the same gene which also cared a lot about emotional quotient. Recalled is one of those few films which fulfills all the criteria of mystery thriller and takes a very good care of relationship bonds as well. The film is about a woman who starts seeing her future after losing her memory and then discovers many hidden facts from the past. This idea of playing with time period and then adding interesting elements like hallucinations, memory loss certainly increases our curiousity. One has to understand this thing and it's very important that the Film is not just a thriller but also an emotional drama. If it had chosen to go on the way of just a thriller then it would have been more thrilling but it had second side of the door which openes gates for connecting human sentiment and therefore loses mind-blowing factors in the climax. Well, that doesn't mean it's a simple film, it has many mind-blowing theories in the narrative but it just don't save them for the climax. Seo, Kim and Yeom are fine in their roles and even supporting cast members are pretty good. Seo Yoo-min's direction is fantastic as he dares to simply mysterious ingredients. Many directors don't provide answers to all the questions and we even forget those scenes after seeing boggling climaxes but Recalled has clarification given to every question. With few changes in the climax it would have been classic thriller but still whatever it has is more than enough for one time watch. Overall, it's fabulous film for some valid reasons but you just have to care a less about the genre.
RATING - 6.5/10*
By - #samthebestest.
A super korean mystery thriller with enough twists and unexpected emotional bonding. Korean thrillers are known for its utter brutality and highly twisting storylines but there are few films in the same gene which also cared a lot about emotional quotient. Recalled is one of those few films which fulfills all the criteria of mystery thriller and takes a very good care of relationship bonds as well. The film is about a woman who starts seeing her future after losing her memory and then discovers many hidden facts from the past. This idea of playing with time period and then adding interesting elements like hallucinations, memory loss certainly increases our curiousity. One has to understand this thing and it's very important that the Film is not just a thriller but also an emotional drama. If it had chosen to go on the way of just a thriller then it would have been more thrilling but it had second side of the door which openes gates for connecting human sentiment and therefore loses mind-blowing factors in the climax. Well, that doesn't mean it's a simple film, it has many mind-blowing theories in the narrative but it just don't save them for the climax. Seo, Kim and Yeom are fine in their roles and even supporting cast members are pretty good. Seo Yoo-min's direction is fantastic as he dares to simply mysterious ingredients. Many directors don't provide answers to all the questions and we even forget those scenes after seeing boggling climaxes but Recalled has clarification given to every question. With few changes in the climax it would have been classic thriller but still whatever it has is more than enough for one time watch. Overall, it's fabulous film for some valid reasons but you just have to care a less about the genre.
RATING - 6.5/10*
By - #samthebestest.