Two things bring me to the conclusion that Yun could be a very good director. Number one, "Sorum" looks wonderful, and Yun really knows how to make an aesthetically beautiful film. From the breathtaking locations to the wonderful cinematography, there is not a frame in the film that doesn't look great.

Number two, I was fortunate enough to watch a great little 20-minute student film by Yun called "Views". "Views" concerns a filmmaker, played by Yun, who roams a small midwestern town making a film out of footage he shot there with a now deceased girlfriend. All alone, Yun makes friends with a young Israeli who has just come to America. The Israeli is also having relationship problems, and the two become partners, filming Yun running around, re-enacting scenes of his dead love.

"Views" is a great little movie. It is a meditation of love and loss, a brief and touching look at a friendship between two outsiders. It works very well.

"Sorum" is aesthetically great, but lacks an actual script. Elements of horror and drama creep in an out, but nothing sticks, and nothing gels. The film is filled with great images, but nothing ties them together. The film has some potentially interesting characters, but either gives them incredible lapses of logic or leaves them underdeveloped enough to not matter.

Worst of all, there is no real noticeable theme to the film , a point to it all. Things seemingly happen just to happen. I've heard people try and discuss what the theme of the film is. The best I can come up with is that a creepy ass apartment building filled with strange people can make a guy do some crazy ass shit. I think.

"Views" works because it feels improvisational, but has a point and theme. It had a script of some sort, it was used, and the film succeeds. "Sorum" seems very much like a by the fly, make it up as you go along film, but it doesn't have the benefit of a real script or outline. Things just happen, without explanation.

And yet there are moments that recall the greatness of something like "Views", moments of revelation and humanity. Two scenes in the film always gets me. Our hero, Chang Jin Young , is drunkenly asking for the heart of Kim Myung Min, who is simply using him for security after having murdered her husband and having him help her. He is practically begging her to love him, and them reveals to her a shocking secret from his past, about a bully, a knifing, an impromptu grave, and a feeling of relief. The confession is chilling and memorable.

The other scene takes place in a hotel room not too long after that afformentioned scene. Chang is again pleading with her, but she'll have none of it. He is enraged, and finally snaps. That scene will strike a cord with anyone who has had to witness or endure spousal abuse, and how an average man can be pushed over the edge into becoming a monster.

"Sorum" doesn't work, but I can't fully say not to see it. It's open to much debate, and had just enough memorable images and scenes, I have to at least recommend it for a rental.

Director Yun is one to watch for. If he can combine a script like "Views" with the aesthetics of "Sorum", he is quite capable of making an honest to God great film.