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  • A Bittersweet Life (2005)
    Review preview for A Bittersweet Life

    All it does is liberally steal pieces from superior films and cobble them together without realising just why those movies worked.

    Scott Macdonald · 1.5 out of 5
    A tale of revenge, infidelity and gangland warfare in South Korea.
  • Mother (2009)
    Review preview for Mother

    When it comes to subverting the audience’s expectations, Joon-ho proves he is a puppet master, pulling our strings without us ever suspecting it.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A mother tries to prove her son's innocence.

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