Say Yes: Viewer Comments

The Korean serial killer genre is alive and well and at it again with director KIM SUNG-HOONG's deviant behavioral drama of his new SAY YES film. Certainly aimed to compete with any Hollywood attempts on the subject matter of abnormal characteristics of a deranged lunatic mind, it was a bit slower paced than I would have liked it to be. But quickly became an "attention grabber" when it finally got rolling, jumping from a casual psychological thriller to a full blown "guts, gore, and grue" fiasco of butchered body parts and burnt bodies. And this is something that really shines in this particular effort. Along with another Korean serial killer flick, TELL ME SOMETHING, these two films not only deliver the "thought provoking scares" of a movie about these kinds of themes but they aren't afraid to follow up with a devastating one-two punch of the much needed (and much desired) "wetworks" that we demand to see, as opposed to many Hollywood works of this nature where they tend to shy away from it or have the "deeds" done off screen. So anyway, let's get to the story where struggling writer Jeong (actor KIM JU-HYUK) and his new bride, Yun (actress CHU SANG-MI) are off on a vacation to celebrate Jeong's first writing gig. They travel by car from Seoul to the coastline villas for a little fun in the sun. Along the way, they meet a strange fella (actor PARK JOONG-HOON) at a restaurant. He's giving the pretty young Yun the "eye" and when Jeong confronts him, the bizarre chap leaves rather abruptly only to get himself ran over by the couple's car when they finally depart the restaurant. He tells them he's okay but asks them to take him to the next town. BIG MISTAKE! You'd think after all the movies that have been made, people traveling on vacation would certainly steer clear of strange people, ya know. But they agree (idiots!) and off they go. During the drive, the fella starts to talk about people and how he could kill them. Jeong quickly pulls over and demands that the dude get the fuck out. He apologizes for acting weird and says to just drop him off at the next stop. Once there, Em (he did tell Jeong and Yun his name) gets out and disappears into the crowd. The spunky couple go about their vacation for a few days until strange things start to happen. First, a brick is thrown through their hotel window as they're doing the dirty. Then a strange mirrored-window SUV drives dangerously around them when they go someplace. Come to find out, it's Em. Jeong catches him in a crowded area and beats the snot outta the fella. Since Em refused to fight back and with witnesses, he presses charges and Jeong's nabbed by the police and held in lockup. Em tells the now vulnerable Yun that if she and her husband "hang out as friends" with him over the next few days, he'll drop the assault charges and Jeong can go free. Yun agrees to it (stupid!), which sets Jeong free but not without causing him to go just about crazy, yet in the end, away the three of them all go. Well, you can probably guess what's next, right? It's over an hour of super intense psycho serial killer action which when finished, it'll leave you stunned, shocked, white-knuckled, and gasping for air. It's also really great in the fact that it's one of those "what would you do in that same situation" type of movies. Yeah, you know those kinds where regular ordinary people are throw into horrible, innocence-stealing, life and death circumstances that will ultimately change their way of living forever. I would also like to add that the title of the movie, SAY YES, is an important part of the last half of the film and nope, I won't tell ya what it refers to. You'll just have to watch it for yourself and enjoy a twist ending which could easily set up for SAY YES 2 or even a better title of SAY YES AGAIN.