| Directed by Kim Yui-seok (Chinese Restaurant Peking, 1999) and staring Jang Dong-kun (Friend) and Jin Hee-kyung (I Wish I Had A Wife) the film involves a doorman, a taxi driver, a telephone operator and a leg model.
Like a Korean 'Chungking Express' it tells the story of a handful of misfits centered round a hotel. Very watchable and compares very well with 'Chungking Express' although it isn't as left field. Both stories in this movie is as strong as each other and each character is given time to flesh themselves out.
The dark seedy tone of the movie wraps itself up nicely at the end given every character a little hope to look forward to ...
I enjoyed the movie but it will be limited to those who like little stories about odd characters who can only find themselves at night ... |