The Worst Film Ever

Too much about the plot just didn't add up, the writing was bad, some of the scenes were cringey and awkward,

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

it is the rare 'crazy' movie that actually has something to say.

Each man has, or makes a Lolita in his mind, or dream, and the problem is keeping in only in your mind and dream.The picture give a silent description on this provoking topic, without any comments and judgment.As all pictures of Director Kim, it aims at something deep in everyone's heart, and provokes endless rumination to all audience after they finish it.After all, the three mail roles in it, the father, the daughter, and the Samaritan girl, are all weird in behavior, which is also the common characteristics of all protagonists of Kim.

The disadvantage of having done such a masterpiece as 'Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring' is that those who saw it will compare for a long time any new film with that milestone. This is maybe the reason for which 'Samaria', although an interesting film by most criteria leaves a certain feeling of disappointment.There are three levels of a story, three levels of love in this film. It starts like a teenage prostitution movie, with one girl practicing the most ancient profession in order to gather money for a trip to Europe. Her friend and confident witnesses and is in full confidence of all, until one day the first girl commits suicide, for quite unclear reasons (did she become ashamed? afraid she will be caught, as the police is searching around after a serial prostitutes killer?). This is wrong love, and her friend decides to undo the evil, by sleeping with all her friends client and returning them the money. Buddhist purification? It's a Kin Ki-duk film, do not expect answers. When the father of the surviving friend who happens to be the policeman in charge with the murders discovers what his daughter is doing, he starts on a love mission of his own, trying to stop, and then to take revenge over his daughter's exploiters. The film has two alternate endings, at least one is a dream, maybe both.As in other films of his, violence seems to be part of life in Kim Ki-duk's movie, and it's not the graphical violence that shocks, but the tranquility of the violence. It's even more upsetting so, as it says something like violence sleeps in any quite man or object, it can burst at any time in our lives.It's an intriguing movie, but I miss the simplicity and consistent style and beauty which Kim revealed in 'Spring ...'. As I said, maybe it's not fair to compare all the time with that pick, but it takes a long to forget that great movie.

SAMARITAN GIRL (3 outta 5 stars) Two high school girls finance a holiday trip they want to take by turning to prostitution. Yeo-Jin lures men via internet chat rooms and her cell phone while Jae-Yeong actually has sex with them. All goes well until Jae-Yeong dives out of a three story window to evade the police. Overcome with remorse, Yeo-Jin contacts all their old customers to sleep with them and return their money. In the meantime, Yeo-Jin's father discovers what his daughter is doing when she should be in school and his vengeance against the men despoiling his daughter keeps escalating. A simple story... the plot sounds very sleazy but the emotional subtext elevates the story into a truly heartbreaking drama. The scene where the father confronts one of his daughter's clients in front of his family is extremely powerful. The sad, tender finale is also well portrayed.

Kim Ki Duk makes films that will not make him popular in his home country this time about the problem of high school prostitution, girls that prostitute themselves to get expensive clothes or trips abroad. Here we get the least accomplished of his movies that I have seen. Its still good and the theme is a very important one, but its not perfect as his other movies. With his tempo of production this is not surprising, its not easy to keep the quality at such a high level when you make three movies a year, all important ones.The actors here are not so good as I would expect, especially Jae-Youngs role was played immature. I got the expression she was a bit out of her mind all the time just like Stephen King thought of Jack Nicholson in 'The Shining'. Lee Eol on the other hand fit the father figure quite well and did a decent if not extraordinary job.Story is well developed, but could do better with a little more thought put into the ending. The finale, it seems, comes a bit pressured, its very difficult to end this movie and this was a easy way to do it. That is not to say it was bad at all. Were 'Bom, Yeorum ...' had its focus on buddhism, this is about Christianity. How and what it implies are a bit uncertain, but there are biblical references like the fathers actions are an eye for an eye and then it becomes about guilt. Jae-Young wants to be like the Indian prostitute that turned her clients into buddhists after she had finished with them. What happens to them after her friend the samaritan is finished with them on the other hand is not so sunny.