The story of the detective who falls for his chief suspect is a well-worn one in movies. But Park Chan-wook's take on the tale is lyrical, poetic and cinematically interesting. The film unfolds in a sucession of short scences, interestingly shot, moving seemlessly backwards and forwards in time and in and out of reality and immagination. It can be hard to follow every detail of plot, but the effect is to put you in the mind of someone losing their grip on what they had held to be certain. I'm not sure it's a masterpiece as some have claimed, but it is bold, distinctive and in places quite sexy.
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