Decision to Leave (Park Chan-wook, 2022)

A detective falls for a mysterious widow after she becomes the prime suspect in his latest murder investigation.

 

So excited for this. Easily one of my favourite filmmakers.

 

mannnnn this is gonna rule

 

yep

 

Let’s fucking go. The Handmaiden is a top film of all time for me

 

Can't wait

 

mannnnnnn need this ASAP

 

cannot wait

 

Nicolas Wending Refn presented and said "this is so fucking cool" when he got on the stage

 

Hell yeah

 

In theaters Oct. 14, can’t wait

https://thefilmstage.com/park-chan-...er-release-new-international-trailer-arrives/

 

Seeing this Sat night - so stoked.

 

I generally enjoyed this but it's not even close to Handmaiden for me. The directing was on point but some parts were a little confusing and I don't think it paid off in the way that most Park movies do. And that's coming from like the biggest fan ever lol

 

Didn’t love this as much as others or I was hoping I would.

 

This was great. The transition from the first case to the second was kind of messy and a little unclear, but it eventually became clear what was going on. I think my biggest criticism would be Seo-rae's motivation to commit suicide didn't feel fully fleshed out. The idea of her wanting to be a forever unsolved case that he would obsess over is so chilling and overall effective, but I don't think the movie fully convinced me why she would do that.

Still, overall I really enjoyed this. The chemistry between Tang Wei and Park Hae-il was wonderful and the way the cases come together is pretty satisfying. I'm the odd man out who wasn't super big on Oldboy, but I highly recommend this.

 

Best ending of the year. No doubt.

 

Mubi currently has 1 year/$60 right now and this will be there (and probably in 4K)

 

Need to chew on this more but I did enjoy it.

 

now on mubi

 

finally saw this today. my god

 

Really wanted (and expected) to like this more than I did. The two leads are great, the ending rules but it never really got it's teeth into me. Some of the effects are fucking hideous too. Really hate the drone stuff and weird morph transitions, made it look ugly and cheap.

 

I didn’t love it as much either but this was incredible.

 

This is the Park film I have probably hated the least.