Decision to Leave, 2022. Written & Directed by Park Chan Wook. Starring Tang Wei, Park Hae-il, Lee Jung-hyun, and Go Kyung-pyo. SYNOPSIS: A detective investigating a man’s death in the mountains meets the dead man’s mysterious wife in the course of his dogged sleuthing. Park Chan-wook is one of the most acclaimed directors of the […]
58th Chicago Critics Film Festival Review – Decision to Leave
Decision to Leave, 2022. Directed by Park Chan-wook. Starring Tang Wei, Park Hae-il, Lee Jung-hyun, Park Yong-woo, Go Kyung-pyo, Kim Shin-young, Yoo Seung-mok, Jung Yi-seo, Jung Young-sook, Lee Hak-joo, Park Jeong-min, Jeong Ha-dam, Seo Hyun-woo, and Yoo Teo. SYNOPSIS: Hae-Joon, a seasoned detective, investigates the suspicious death of a man on a mountaintop. Soon, he […]
2022 BFI London Film Festival Review – Decision to Leave
Decision to Leave, 2022. Directed by Park Chan-wook Starring Park Hae-il, Tang Wei, Go Kyung-Pyo, Jung Yi-seo, Jeong Min Park, Seo Hyun-woo, Teo Yoo, and Lee Jung-hyun SYNOPSIS: From a mountain peak in South Korea, a man plummets to his death. Did he jump, or was he pushed? When detective Hae-joon arrives on the scene, […]
Park Chan-wook’s Decision to Leave gets a new poster and trailer
Ahead of its release this October, a new poster and trailer have arrived online for Oldboy and The Handmaiden director Park Chan-wook’s South Korean thriller Decision to Leave. The film stars Park Hae-il as a detective investigating the death of a man who fell from the peak of a mountain. After meeting the dead man’s […]
Park Chan-wook returns with trailer for Decision to Leave
It has been six long years since a Park Chan-wook film last graced the big-screen with 2016’s five-star epic The Handmaiden, but now the Oldboy, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, and Stoker director is about to drop Decision to Leave at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. Starring Park Hae-il (Memories of Murder) and Tang Wei (Lust, Caution) […]
Chinese action thriller The Whistleblower gets a UK poster and trailer
With just a week to go until its release, a UK poster and trailer have arrived online for writer-director Xiaolu Xue’s Chinese action thriller The Whistleblower which stars Tang Wei and Lei Jiayin; take a look here… When a devastating natural disaster and mysterious plane crash both point to a major cover-up between global energy […]
Blu-ray Review – Blackhat (2015)
Blackhat, 2015. Directed by Michael Mann. Starring Chris Hemsworth, Tang Wei, Viola Davis, Holt McCallany and Wang Leehom. SYNOPSIS: After a Hong Kong nuclear plant and the Mercantile Trade Exchange in Chicago are hacked by unknown perpetrators, a federal agent proposes that the FBI work with China to find the cyber-criminals. The leader of the Chinese team, Chen Dawai, insists […]
New trailer for Michael Mann’s Blackhat starring Chris Hemsworth
Universal and Legendary Pictures have released the second trailer for the upcoming cyber thriller Blackhat starring Chris Hemsworth. Check it out here after the official synopsis… From Academy Award-nominated writer/director Michael Mann (Heat, The Insider), Blackhat is set within the world of global cybercrime and follows a furloughed convict Nicholas Hathaway (Hemsworth) and his American […]
