The thing that makes Korean film so compelling is that no matter the genre - mystery, drama, horror, comedy, or in the case of this masterpiece, a mystifying, indefinable blend of all four - what resonates most deeply is the human condition: grubby, lovely, messy, profound, absurd, and while some viewers will dismay at the whole once all is said and done, they will certainly have laughed, cried, and been thoroughly wrung of emotion - anger, fear, sadness, joy, all of them - thrilled and disturbed by the story of a Korean village and a policeman's family rocked by inexplicable - and decidedly grisly - goings-on.
★★★★★
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