Showing posts with label korean revenge thriller. Show all posts
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Friday, July 6, 2018

Review: THE DEAL, A Serviceable But Generic Korean Revenge Thriller


By Pierce Conran

Korea delivers yet another serviceable revenge thriller with The Deal, a well-oiled but overly familiar addition to the longstanding local genre staple. With young women violently murdered during downpours and Kim Sang-kyung once again playing a hapless detective at his wit's end, the film immediately calls to mind modern classic Memories of Murder, an inevitable comparison but a tough act to live up to.