Search: Starring Song Kang-ho

Broker (2022)

Review preview for Broker

More pedantic than poetic, making for an unfulfilling watch.

Dora Leu · 2 out of 5

Drama following a group of people brought together by "baby post boxes" used to help abandoned babies.
Cobweb (2023)

Review preview for Cobweb

Its pastiches of mid-20th Century Korean cinema are beautifully observed and a lot of fun.

Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5

An experimental and genre-defying drama shot entirely on sound stages in support of a film-within-a-film narrative.
The Good, The Bad, The Weird (2008)

Review preview for The Good, The Bad, The Weird

Despite its lengthy duration, this film gallops along.

Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5

Manchurian homage to Sergio Leone sees unlikely protagonists vie over a treasure map.
The Host (2006)

Review preview for The Host

Funny, scary and races along at a fierce pace.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5

A toxic monster terrorises Seoul.
Lady Vengeance (2005)

Review preview for Lady Vengeance

Again and again Chang-wook and his cinematographer, Jeong Jeong-hun, deliver scenes and frames of singular cinematic style and beauty.

Paul Griffiths · 4 out of 5

Revenge is ugly and intricately planned in South Korea. Now out to own as part of the Vengeance Trilogy box set.
Memories Of Murder (2003)

Review preview for Memories Of Murder

The film is well made and the humour delicately balanced between corruption and farce.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5

Foolish cops investigate South Korean serial killer.
No. 3 (1997)

Review preview for No. 3

A long-winded, overly complex and at times rather plodding gangster flick.

James Gracey · 2 out of 5

A young gangster attempts to rise through the ranks.
Secret Sunshine (2007)

Review preview for Secret Sunshine

It is unlikely you are going to see a more palpable portrayal of grief this year than Jeon Do-yeon's magnificent perfomance as Shin-ae in this Korean drama of the heart.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5

Exploration of grief in small-town Korea.
Shiri (1999)

Review preview for Shiri

This is the best looking spy flick you will ever see.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5

Excellent and enjoyable action flick with high body count - think Korean Nikita.
Snowpiercer (2013)

Review preview for Snowpiercer

The mix of action and satire also turns it into an absorbing hell of a ride.

Sophie Charlotte Rieger · 4.5 out of 5

In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.
Sympathy For Mr Vengeance (2002)

Review preview for Sympathy For Mr Vengeance

Korean sensibilities have dispensed with their protective shield.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5

South Korean tale of kidnap and revenge, with torture and violence thown in. Now out to own as part of the Vengeance Trilogy box set.
Thirst (2009)

Review preview for Thirst

Park presents familiar vampiric tropes in a fresh and interesting way.

Scott Macdonald · 3.5 out of 5

A man is turned into a vampire by an experimental medical treatment.