Telmisseomding (1999)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Yoon-Hyun Chang

Writers:

Yoon-Hyun Chang (writer)
Eun-Ah In (writer)
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Release Date:

13 marraskuu 1999 (South Korea)

Genre:

Thriller | Horror | Crime | Mystery

Plot:

In Seoul, parts not matching of severed copses of three men are found in cars and bags left in public spaces...

Plot Keywords:

Detective | Police | Internal Affairs | Bag | Telephone Call

Cast

Suk-kyu Han	...	Detective Cho
Eun-ha Shim	...	Chae Su-Yeon
Hang-Seon Jang	...	Detective Oh
Jung-ah Yum	...	Seungmin Oh
Seok-Hwan An
Cheol-Ho Park
Jun-Sang Yu	...	Kim Ki-yeon
Hwan-Jun Lee

Directed by
Yoon-Hyun Chang

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Yoon-Hyun Chang		writer
Eun-Ah In		writer
Eun-Jeong Kim		writer
Su-chang Kong		writer
Hye-Weon Shim		writer

Produced by
Yoon-Hyun Chang	....	producer
Kwi-Deok Choe	....	executive producer
Bon-han Ku	....	producer

Original Music by
Jun-Seok Bang
Yeong-wook Jo

Cinematography by
Sung-Bok Kim

Film Editing by
Sang-Beom Kim

Art Direction by
Ku-Ho Jeong

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Young Eun Lee	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Dong-Eui Kim	....	sound

Production Companies

• Koo & Cee Film
• Kookmin Venture Capital

Distributors

• Universal Pictures Nordic (2004) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Tartan (2005) (UK) (theatrical)
• Kino International (2001) (USA) (subtitled)
• Kino Video (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Klock Worx Company, The
• Koo & Cee Film
• Palisades Tartan (2009) (UK) (all media)
• SND (France)
• Starmedia Home Entertainment (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• Tartan Video (2006) (UK) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures Finland Oy (2004) (Finland) (DVD)
• YLE Teema (2007) (Finland) (TV)
• Yet World Ltd. (Hong Kong)

Also Known As:

Tell Me Something (International: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong bloody violence and gruesome images, some language and nudity.

Runtime:

118 min

Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:18 | Ireland:18 | Germany:16 | Australia:MA (TV rating) | Iceland:16 | Finland:K-15 | Australia:R | France:-12 | Hong Kong:IIB | USA:R | South Korea:18 | Japan:R-15 | Sweden:15

Company:

Koo & Cee Film

Soundtrack:

The Crawl

Horrific thriller

This South Korean thriller undoubtedly belongs to the most impressive genre films of the last years and stands in one line with classics like "Seven" or "The Silence of the Lambs". In a way, it even tops both American movies, even though it's not really comparable to them, because the story goes in another direction as the movie proceeds.

"Tell Me Something" starts of as a serial killer thriller clearly influenced by "Seven", but it becomes much more Giallo-like in the second half to become some valid social comment with its downbeat climax.

The acting is also remarkable, just as the sublime black humor that surfaces once in a while and the outrageously gory moments that will leave You gasping for breath even if You've seen many gorefests before. The last point is particularly interesting considering that the film never tries to outdo some notorious Italian horror movie of the early 1980s or Category-III-romp from Hongkong's 1990s.

The diversity of interesting aspects make this top-notch thriller interesting for hard core horror buffs as well as moviegoers that normally don't pay for such violent movies. Astonishingly as it may sound, it's a very sensible movie in a way. Nevertheless, it surely is nothing for the easily offended or faint hearted. It's just demanding cinema which makes no compromises, which most really good films are.

Highly recommended.