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Nowhere to Hide (2000)

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Reviews Counted:18

Fresh:8

Rotten:10

Average Rating:5.8/10

Runtime: 90 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: NOWHERE TO HIDE, the sixth feature from Korean New Wave writer-director Lee Myung-Se (GAGMAN) is an arty police action film jam-packed with style and attitude. Fans of Asian directors Takeshi... NOWHERE TO HIDE, the sixth feature from Korean New Wave writer-director Lee Myung-Se (GAGMAN) is an arty police action film jam-packed with style and attitude. Fans of Asian directors Takeshi "Beat" Kitano and John Woo will recognize the iconographic character of Detective Woo (Park Joong-Hoon), a slouching, thuggish homicide cop in South Korea's port city of Inchon. Woo smiles like a mischievous child, but he carries a baseball bat in his car, and leads a stooge-like squad of cops brandishing iron nightsticks. Along with his straitlaced partner, Kim (Jang Dong-Kun), Woo embarks on a sleepless, months-long hunt for the brutal killer who murdered a drug kingpin on the city's centralized monument, 40 Steps. Woo and his gangster-like men violently clash with suspects in colorful freeze frames and slow-motion shots, accompanied by a pumped-up rock score. After being defeated in a slapstick dance-like fight, a drug runner leads Woo to a primary suspect's femme fatale girlfriend, Juyon (Choi Ji-Woo). The detective then begins an infuriating game of watch and wait. Full of visual panache and humor, Lee's stylish thriller climaxes in a glorious rain-drenched mano a mano between the brutally tenacious Woo and his elusive prey. [More]

Starring: Joong-Hoon Park, Sung-Ki Ahn, Dong-Kun Jang, Ji-woo Choi

Starring: Joong-Hoon Park, Sung-Ki Ahn, Dong-Kun Jang, Ji-woo Choi

Director: Myung-Sae Lee

Director: Myung-Sae Lee
Screenwriter: Myung-Sae Lee
Producer: Tae-Won Chung

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Full Review Source: Big Picture Big Sound | comment Comment
12/27/07
Joe Lozito
Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound

Myung-se usa o seu fiapo de roteiro para nos lembrar da velha máxima de que Cinema é, de fato, Imagem; e o resultado é um filme que contrasta os personagens falhos e incompetentes a um incrível virtuosismo visual e à trilha surpreendente.

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01/04/07
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena
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01/26/06
Time Out

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08/17/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

The shots may look cool, but their artiness prevents the film from building momentum.

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07/21/05
Rob Thomas
Rob Thomas
Capital Times (Madison, WI)
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Full Review Source: This is London | comment Comment
12/15/03
Alexander Walker
Alexander Walker
This is London
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Full Review Source: Daily Mail [UK] | comment Comment
12/15/03
Christopher Tookey
Christopher Tookey
Daily Mail [UK]

The bottom line is that Lee's innovative but ultimately tedious and even ludicrous MTV-style visuals add absolutely nothing to the story dynamics.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
04/03/02
William Arnold
William Arnold
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
03/24/02
Boston Phoenix

Too often the film and its visuals feel [like] disconnected, self-indulgent set pieces.

Full Review Source: Eye for Film | comment Comment
01/21/02
Keith H. Brown
Keith H. Brown
Eye for Film
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Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
08/10/01
Guardian [UK]

There's an exuberant, (post)modernity about the visuals -- the camera is never still and Lee's choice of angle is often inspired.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
07/03/01
David Parkinson
David Parkinson
Empire Magazine

A skinny little mediocrity of a film, all dressed up with no place to go, except towards more violence.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
06/27/01
Michael Thomson
Michael Thomson
BBC

Of course, there's no real story here, unless you want to hear the one about the self-obsessed filmmaker who thought this project would be cool.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
05/03/01
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

It is an over-stylized film that lacks, oddly enough, a sense of style.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
03/27/01
Jaime N. Christley
Jaime N. Christley
Apollo Guide

Park is the reason the new Korean film Nowhere to Hide works so well.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
02/21/01
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

This is flash in the service of nothing, the proverbial sow's ear doing an indifferent imitation of a silk purse.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
02/21/01
Mick LaSalle
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
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Don't look for a complex plot -- it's nowhere to be found in Nowhere to Hide. But with this much visual style, who needs it?

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
02/21/01
E! Online

The film often churns with the pleasure that visual stimulation can provide and more affection for the bang-bang techniques than you're likely to see in the movies of music-video directors simply making the jump to the big screen.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
02/21/01
Elvis Mitchell
Elvis Mitchell
New York Times
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Reveals that in Lee Myung-Se Korea has a filmmaker with enough razzle-dazzle and visceral appeal to rival Hong Kong's -- and Hollywood's -- John Woo.

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02/21/01
Kevin Thomas
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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