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Sei mong se jun (Ab-normal Beauty) (2004)

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Average Rating: 6.2/10
Reviews Counted: 6
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 2

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Release Date: Nov 4, 2004 Wide

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Members of the Hong Kong pop group 2Rs star in director Oxide Pang's Ab-normal Beauty. Race Wong plays Jin, a talented art student whose photographs routinely win her school's prizes. Race's older sister Rosanne Wong plays Jas, Jin's best friend, with whom she shares an extremely intimate relationship. Despite the accolades she receives, Jin is dissatisfied with her work. One day, she witnesses a fatal car accident, and impulsively turns her camera on the dying victim. It's a breakthrough for

R, 1 hr. 38 min.

Art House & International, Horror

Directed By: Oxide Pang Chun

In Theaters: Nov 4, 2004 Wide

On DVD: Dec 26, 2005

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It's a highly stylized voyeuristic tormented artist shocker of a horror thriller that is more gruesomely enigmatic than entertaining.

January 25, 2009 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Whether a moody thriller or a twisted head-trip, Ab-normal Beauty is an exquisitely disorienting portrait of an artist as a troubled soul - beautiful, bloody and rather bewildering.

July 2, 2007 Full Review Source: Eye for Film

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Anton Bitel

Eye for Film

...the film...devolves...into...standard slasher movie fare.

August 5, 2006 Full Review Source: All Movie Guide

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Josh Ralske

All Movie Guide

Until the mystery is uncovered, Pang keeps the razor tension at a satisfying peak.

February 16, 2006 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

Pang knows how to craft a captivating thriller.

February 1, 2006 Full Review Source: Dread Central

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Johnny Butane

Dread Central

Beautiful, stylish, memorable.

December 29, 2005 Full Review Source: Horror.com

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Staci Layne Wilson

Horror.com Source: Horror.com

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It didn't completely turn out the way I thought it would. Had this been made in Europe or Hollywood I think they would have gotten more of the subject matter. It's still not a bad movie. Starts off well I thought and ends brutally too, but the middle part was a bit slow. Well acted and stylishly shot, but a missed opportunity.

January 21, 2011

Lee ?

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Man this was boring. This is the first Korean movie that disappointed me (although I'm pretty new at Korean movies). I always thought that Asian movies are supposed to be extremely scary. This does have some scary moments. But it was too slow and almost killed me. The twist at the end was obviously a good one. But that doesn't make this any good.

September 24, 2010