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Edinburgh International Film Festival · 2004

Edinburgh International Film Festival 2004

Late Night Romps

The EIFF programme says: "High-octane, soon-to-be cult movies, way past your bedtime."

Programme

5 films · 4 reviews

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Arahan (Jang-poong Dae-jak-jeon)

Review preview for Arahan

Very funny and very exciting.

Gator MacReady · 4 out of 5
Comedy chop-socky with serious martial arts moves from South Korea.

(Country: South Korea; Year: 2004; Director: Ryoo Seung-wan; Writer: Eun Ji-hie, Ryoo Seung-wan, Yu Seon-dong; Stars: Ryoo Seung-bum, Yun Soy, Ahn Sung-ki, Jung Doo-hong, Yon Ju-sang)

UK Premiere

Hillside Strangler

Review preview for Hillside Strangler

It's almost hagiographic at times, with insufficient distance, or authorial comment present, to establish a distinction between the distorted, hateful, misogynistic views of the two men and those of the film and its creators.

Keith Hennessey Brown · 2 out of 5
Alleged biopic of serial killing cousins who posed as cops in California.

(Country: US; Year: 2004; Director: Chuck Parello; Writer: Chuck Parello, Stephen Johnston; Stars: C Thomas Howell, Nicholas Turturro, Allison Lange, Lin Shaye, Molly Brenner, Aimee Brooks, Hal Cutler, Tricia Dickson, Keva Hargrove, Alexa Jago, Julia Lee, Zarah Little, Kent Masters King, Natasha Melnick, Sarah Ann Morris, Kevin Mukherji, Laura Mulrenan)

World Premiere

Natural City

Review preview for Natural City

A good-looking, moderately distracting Korean riff on Blade Runner.

Keith Hennessey Brown · 3 out of 5
Futuristic action-packed, robot-serviced, Blade Runner-esque thriller from South Korea.

(Country: South Korea; Year: 2003; Director: Min byung-chun; Writer: Min Byung-chun; Stars: Yoo ji-tae, Lee jae-eun, Seo Rin, Yoon Chan, Jung eun-pyo, Jung doo-hong, Ko ju-hye)

Scottish Premiere

Red Cockroaches

Low-budget sci-fi about a woman who seems to return from the dead.

(Country: USA, Cuba; Year: 2003; Director: Miguel Coyula; Writer: Miguel Coyula; Stars: Adam Plotch, Talia Rubel, Diane Spodarek, Jeff Pucillo, Limor Shopen, Stu Richel, Leila J. Babson, Mariana Moratona, Stephanie Sloane, Sarah Brensinger, Peter Brensinger)

European Premiere

Skinned Deep

Review preview for Skinned Deep

Fails to deliver anything beyond the prodigious letting of blood.

Scott Macdonald · 1 out of 5
Middle American freaks kill passing strangers in disgusting and bloody ways.

(Country: US; Year: 2003; Director: Gabriel Bartalos; Writer: Gabriel Bartalos; Stars: Karoline Brandt, Jay Dugre, Warwick Davis, Liz Little, Peter Iasillo, Aaron Simms, Kurt Carley)

UK Premiere