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Friday, October 10, 2014

Busan 2014 Review: The Beauty Of THE FATAL ENCOUNTER Is Only Skin Deep


Part of MKC's coverage of the 19th Busan International Film Festival

By Pierce Conran

Following a slow few months, commercial Korean cinema returns to the spotlight with The Fatal Encounter, the first of the many period blockbusters that will inundate local theaters through to the end of summer. Following in the footsteps of the 2012 period blockbuster Masquerade (2012), The Fatal Encounter casts a major heartthrob (Hyun Bin) as a king in a tale of royal palace intrigue.