Deranged (2012)

Jae-hyuk is an ordinary man in his 40s. He works as a medical supplies salesman and is hassled by doctors all day. His brother Jae-pil is a detective that is not all that interested in ... See full summary »

Director:

Jeong-woo Park

Writer:

Jeong-woo Park

Stars:

Myung-Min Kim, Jung-hee Moon, Dong-wan Kim

2 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Myung-Min Kim	...	Jae-hyeok (as Kim Myeong-min)
Jung-hee Moon	...	Gyeong-sun (as Jung-Hee Moon)
Dong-wan Kim	...	Jae-pil
Lee Hanee	...	Yun-joo (as Ha-nui Lee)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gwang-Deok Choi	...	Gym Police Executive
Il-hwa Choi	...	President
Jung-woo Choi	...	Health Minister
Heon Tae Jeon	...	Golf Course Doctor 2
In-gi Jeong	...	Office Director (as In-Gi Jung)
Duk-Hyun Jo	...	Tae-won
Han-chul Jo	...	Researcher
Moon-ee Jo
Suk-Tae Joo	...	Living Together Man, Accompanying Assistant
Gook-Hwan Jun	...	Prime Minister
Shin-il Kang	...	Dr. Hwang

Storyline

Jae-hyuk is an ordinary man in his 40s. He works as a medical supplies salesman and is hassled by doctors all day. His brother Jae-pil is a detective that is not all that interested in public safety and spends most of his time moaning about the stock market. The discovery of a series of floating, gruesomely skeletal bodies around the country sparks hysteria. The police commissioner is disturbed to see CCTV footage of people jumping into water as if they were possessed, and drowning themselves. Time passes and hundreds of similar cases are reported, leaving officials stumped as to the cause of the deaths. The government declares a national emergency. Jae-pil joins the massive investigation and meets the mayor of a small town who claims he witnessed several men in work uniforms dumping infected dogs into the streams and realizes that there is a conspiracy behind the outbreak. Meanwhile, Jae-hyuk's wife and children are showing the same symptoms as the victims, leading to a frantic ...

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Plot Keywords:

parasitic worm | parasitism | parasite | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official Site

Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean

Release Date:

27 July 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Demente

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In order to create a unique and believable look and feel for the infected, actress MUN Jung-hee worked with a special acting coach to create a set of expressions, movements, twitches, and more. Their hard work was then converted into the basis for rest of the infected cast members' behaviors.

User Reviews

Begs for a Hollywood remake

I wasn't expecting much from this Korean horror movie, but it turned out to be a little more entertaining. The movie starts comically with our protagonist Jaehyk who slaves on behalf of his failing pharmaceutical company and due to his bad choices the future looks bleak. We are introduced to his cute wife and two children for whom he no longer has much time or energy for. The horror aspect begins with people behaving abnormally and some ending up dead and floating in rivers. After that all hell breaks loose and Jaehyk has to start looking out for his family.

This movie is very similar to 2011 pandemic movie Contagion but with a lot more gore, much of the story dealing with how politicians and scientist deal with the disaster, posing a lot of dilemma decisions that has to be made. The other half is dealing with Jaehyk racing against time to save his family. I thought the acting and the chemistry of the family was superb and perhaps the main thing that saves this movie. But the plot seemed to me to be fresh and the pandemic is quite interesting. Unfortunately the movie doesn't seem to have the Hollywood budget and it shows, and it looks like a TV movie most of the time. There are not many movies that scare me and this certainly didn't but it was suspenseful with many race against time situations.

One thing that I absolutely hated about the movie is that they reveal what the pandemic is before even the half mark, after that it is pretty easy to predict why it is happening, even though the characters seem oblivious to it.

But despite its faults I can see a Hollywood remake happening, whether that's in your opinion good or bad. I actually think it would be nice, since I think one of the main downfalls of this movie is low budget.

Pros: Suspenseful, interesting pandemic, cute main actors, interesting difficult dilemma situations, deep moments, OK social commentary.

Cons: Too long, stupid main plot resolution, TV movie like, not scary.