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The Chaser (2009)

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Reviews Counted:18

Fresh:15

Rotten:3

Average Rating:6.6/10

Consensus: A frantic and taut Korean serial killer thriller. One classy, if bloody and messy, gut wrencher of a movie.

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 2 hrs 5 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Theatrical Release:2008

Starring: Ha Jung-Woo

Starring: Ha Jung-Woo


Studio: IFC Films

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Uma obra madura e complexa que insiste em desafiar as idéias pré-concebidas do espectador do início ao fim.

Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena | comment Comment
10/15/09
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

It's hard out here for a detective turned pimp in the thrilling import The Chaser

Full Review Source: What Would Toto Watch? | comment Comment
06/15/09
Christian Toto
Christian Toto
What Would Toto Watch?

It runs long at over two hours but it is expertly directed, shot, edited, and acted.

Full Review Source: HollywoodChicago.com | comment Comment
06/12/09
Brian Tallerico
Brian Tallerico
HollywoodChicago.com

shifts its tone effortlessly between white-knuckle suspense and investigatory drama

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
05/29/09
Chris Cabin
Chris Cabin
Filmcritic.com

The Chaser is one of the better Korean films to emerge since Park Chan Wook's Oldboy.

Full Review Source: The Horror Geek | comment Comment
05/03/09
Mike Bracken
Mike Bracken
The Horror Geek

An impotent thriller about an insane serial killer, incompetent cops and an irritating overweight sweaty pimp.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
05/02/09
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
N/R

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Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
10/18/08
Justin Chang
Justin Chang
Variety
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This is expert filmmaking at every level, continually adding engaging subtext that touches on family pressures, blind self-interest and warped justice.

Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | comment Comment
09/19/08
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

But The Chaser delivers as a piece of cinema rather like Seven did — it doesn’t let up for a moment.

Full Review Source: This is London | comment Comment
09/19/08
Derek Malcolm
Derek Malcolm
This is London

In between moments of chisel-hacking horror there is some impressively dark humour and top-notch acting. But be warned – emotionally this movie will reach deep into the pit of your stomach and wriggle your guts about before wrenching them out.

Full Review Source: Sun Online | comment Comment
09/19/08
Sun Online

A good example of a film grabbing the audience by the collar, only for the audience to shake themselves free, The Chaser is a promising fusion of detective thrills, sweaty-palmed horror, and black comedy that ultimately does not hang together.

Full Review Source: Sky Movies | comment Comment
09/19/08
Rob Daniel
Rob Daniel
Sky Movies

It's twisty, provocative and impressively grim, a sort of Asian-extreme Manhunter for the strong of nerve.

Full Review Source: Daily Telegraph | comment Comment
09/19/08
Tim Robey
Tim Robey
Daily Telegraph

It's atmospheric but derivative, and I didn't find the denouement's Christian imagery convincing.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
09/19/08
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]

Watching the Korean film The Chaser is like chewing diamonds – you know there’s something of value in there but mostly it’s just a mess of pain and blood.

Full Review Source: Times [UK] | comment Comment
09/19/08
Wendy Ide
Wendy Ide
Times [UK]

This playfulness, however, backfires massively in the second half when coincidence and unforeseen consequence conspire uneasily with bloody, messy results.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
09/19/08
David Jenkins
David Jenkins
Time Out

Na Hong-Jin's feature debut is a bleakly frantic psycho-noir, furiously edited, ferociously performed - and despite allying itself to the serial killer genre so beloved in the west, it is distinctly Korean in its settings and references.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
09/11/08
Anton Bitel
Anton Bitel
Channel 4 Film

Some of the tension drains from a slow middle act, but it remains a gripping tale of sleuth-work and moral awakening.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
09/09/08
Nick De Semlyen
Nick De Semlyen
Empire Magazine

It runs so fast and twisted a course through a range of tones and genres that just trying to keep up will leave the viewer as breathless as the monstrous protagonist - and it has a real social conscience to boot.

Full Review Source: Little White Lies | comment Comment
08/28/08
Anton Bitel
Anton Bitel
Little White Lies

It announces Na Hong-jin as a filmmaker willing to go to places that even most so-called horror movies would shy away from.

Full Review Source: MovieMartyr.com | comment Comment
07/28/08
Jeremy Heilman
Jeremy Heilman
MovieMartyr.com
 
 
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