Not a fan of the asian horror so much.....Train to Busan was great, they did a lot with those confined scenes on the train.....
I'm not just talking about horror movies. Their dramas are amazing.
Not K-dramas. Those are nothing but soap operas. I mean thrillers and spy movies and whatnot. Though they also make great horror movies, Train To Busan being an outstanding example even though I normally avoid zombie movies.
If you want to see some good examples of South Korean cinema, check out
Old Boy. The original, not the Spike Lee remake disaster. The director makes the best revenge movies you will ever see. Really twisted shit.
Then check out
The Chaser. It's also being remade into an American version, but it will probably suck as much as the remake of Old Boy.
Another of my favorites is
Kung Fu Hustle. One of the best comedies ever made. It's not Korean, though. It's a Hong Kong production.
The South Koreans have no qualms about breaking barriers. And unlike American movies where the star can be shot, stabbed, and punched three hundred times, walk through an explosion, and then scale tall buildings without even breathing hard or his shirt coming untucked, Korean movies are more realistic.
The star gets winded, he gets tired, he limps, he's disheveled, he fucking hurts. So when his relentlessness pushes him to keep going, you can feel every ache and pain he is going through. And a great number of their movies have really sad endings. There's no happy resolution where everyone walks into the sunset singing kumbaya.
