JSA: Joint Security Area

South Korea 2000, 110 minutes
Dir. Park Chan-Wook
In Korean, English with English subtitles
Rating: [R16]
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Action/Adventure

Feat. Kang-ho Song, Young-ae Lee

Aroview: A Korean military thriller of high repute that opens with a double-killing on the bitterly-tense border between North and South and evolves into an intense investigative melodrama.

A box-office record-breaker in its homeland this enacts a series of interesting twists, edged with melodrama yet driving to more tragic depths than its Hollywood equivalents (eg. A FEW GOOD MEN). Notable also for its smoothly accomplished filmmaking, this derives most power as a glimpse into a uniquely secret powerkeg of international politics.

Incredible Film Fest 2002

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4 stars (Very Good) A brilliant military thriller complete with building suspense, frenetic action sequences and conspiracy. Chan-Wook Park is undoubtedly one of the best Korean directors this century. ~Tom H