GUE MOOL
HOST, THE
Seoul 2006 Hee-Bong runs a snack bar on the banks of the River Han where he lives with his family. Gang-du, his elder son, is an immature and somewhat slow-witted fellow of 40. His daughter is a archery champion and member of the national team, his last son is an unemployed shirker. They all are overprotective of little Hyun-Seo, the daughter of Gang-Du, whose wife left home long ago. One day, an unidentified monster suddenly appears from the depths of the River Han and spreads panic and death. Little Hyun-Seo is carried off by the monster and disappears before her father's very eyes. Hee-Bong's family has lost what was dearest to them. They decide to wage a crusade against the monster.
Best known for his remarkably grim police procedural Memories of Murder (widely considered one of the finest films commercially released in the US last year), Bong Joon-Ho here demonstrates a facility for virtuosic mayhem to rival Spielberg; despite special effects that were state-of-the-art around 1993, the first appearance of the monster ranks among the most thrilling and imaginative action sequences in recent memory. (Mike D'Angelo)
- Park Hae-Il - Lee Won-Sang
- Song Kang-ho
- Byeon He-Bong
- Bae Du-Na
- Ko Ah-Sung
- Bong Joon-Ho
- Ha Joon-Won
- Baek Chul-Hyun
- Kim Hyung-Goo
- Choi Tae-Young
- Kim Sun-Min
- Byeongwoo Lee
- Ryu Seong-Hee
- John Cox/James Paul
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