Memories of Murder

Unrated

7/15/20052h 11m

Theatrical (limited) Release (US)

~ The worst of them will stay with you... forever. ~

Overview:

During the late 1980s, two detectives in rural South Korea attempt to solve a series of gruesome rape-and-murders of young women that leave the community terrified using limited resources and outdated methods. But when the murderer strikes several more times with the same pattern, the detectives realize that they are chasing the country's first documented serial killer. They then attempt to piece together the clues in this thriller based on true events.

Director:

Bong Joon Ho

Status:

Released

Language:

Korean

Buget:

$2,800,000.00

Revenue:

$26,000,000.00

Key words:

assassin
police brutality
rape
corruption
police
detective
investigation
victim
based on true story
based on play or musical
murder
serial killer
torture
brutality
killer
neo-noir
1980s
south korea

Cast

Song Kang-ho

~ as ~

Detective Park Doo-man

Kim Sang-kyung

~ as ~

Detective Seo Tae-yoon

Kim Roi-ha

~ as ~

Detective Cho Yong-koo

Song Jae-ho

~ as ~

Sergeant Shin Dong-chul

Byun Hee-bong

~ as ~

Sergeant Koo Hee-bong

Go Seo-hee

~ as ~

Officer Kwon Kwi-ok

Ryu Tae-ho

~ as ~

Jo Byung-soon

Park No-shik

~ as ~

Baek Kwang-ho

Park Hae-il

~ as ~

Park Hyeon-gyu

Jeon Mi-seon

~ as ~

Kwok Seol-yung

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Reviews (2)

M
Michael
Written 2 year(s) ago
8
Doch eines ist sicher, alle die sich auf das koreanische Kino einlassen können werden bei „Memories of a Murder“ mit einem Film belohnt, der nachwirkt, der nach dem Abspann nicht nur ein weiterer gesehener Film ist. Man liest es vielleicht aus dieser Rezension raus, dass „Memories of a Murder“ überzeugen konnte und genau deswegen sollte auch klar sein, was Ihr nun tun solltet. Genau! Schaut Euch „Memories of a Murder“ an. Überzeugt Euch selbst davon, wie vielschichtig und spannend dieser Film ist. Fiebert selbst mit den Ermittlern mit und rätselt wer die Taten begangen hat. „Memories of a Murder“ ist sicher kein einfacher Film und auch kein „Feel Good“-Film, aber ein mehr als sehenswerter Film. [Sneakfilm.de]
CinemaSerf
Written 2 year(s) ago
7
This is cracking serial killer drama from Bong Joon Ho - with some superb performances - that tracks a police investigation trying almost every technique known to man to trace a rapist/murderer who is terrorising young women (especially if it is raining and if they are wearing red). Kang-ho Song, Sang-kyung Kim and Roe-ha Kim don't exactly see eye to eye as they set about their task, adopting some scientific and not-so scientific approaches to their detection. The stylish and witty writing allows the characters to develop at a slow, but steady and interesting pace - using humour, pathos and violence - and at times it is the methods and attitudes of the police that appear under more scrutiny than the perpetrator of the crimes! Sadly, though, it does sag towards the end. The sharp pace of the writing and the intensity of the performances having reached a pretty high plateau, comes off the boil a bit and I found the ending annoyingly self-defeating: the identity of the criminal being less important to me than the collapsing integrity of those charged with his discovery. We never quite get back to that high standard of storytelling achieved in the first 90 minutes and as the quirkiness of the plot becomes more subsumed into the increasing frustrations of the investigators, the film becomes more and more a generic crime thriller losing much of its uniqueness. Certainly well worth watching, but perhaps it could have been shaved a bit to maintain the jeopardy.