Comments on: PRINCESS AURORA (오로라 공주) (18) http://londonkoreanlinks.net/2006/05/22/princess-aurora-%ec%98%a4%eb%a1%9c%eb%9d%bc-%ea%b3%b5%ec%a3%bc-18/ English language resources for Londoners (and others) interested in Korean culture Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:56:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Tom Mitchell http://londonkoreanlinks.net/2006/05/22/princess-aurora-%ec%98%a4%eb%a1%9c%eb%9d%bc-%ea%b3%b5%ec%a3%bc-18/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Tom Mitchell Tue, 23 May 2006 10:59:55 +0000 http://londonkoreanlinks.net/?p=85#comment-26 Great!! Up there with the recent bests such as Oldboy and the Vengeance trilogy. One of the best they have shown from Asia in their recent Asia Extreme series! Great!! Up there with the recent bests such as Oldboy and the Vengeance trilogy.

One of the best they have shown from Asia in their recent Asia Extreme series!

]]> By: Philip Gowman http://londonkoreanlinks.net/2006/05/22/princess-aurora-%ec%98%a4%eb%a1%9c%eb%9d%bc-%ea%b3%b5%ec%a3%bc-18/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Philip Gowman Mon, 22 May 2006 22:40:10 +0000 http://londonkoreanlinks.net/?p=85#comment-25 A whydunnit rather than a whodunnit. From the start, the perpetrator of these rather fun and sometimes gruesome murders is not in doubt, and the film sustains interest by drawing you into why the murders are committed. At first you think the motivation is a rather extreme vigilantism, but as the film progresses the motive becomes a bit clearer. The detailed explanation of why each of the victims had to meet their end is deliberately unravelled too fast so that you feel you've had a bit of a mental workout. But in the end this film is amusing rather than shocking. The angelic murderess (hmm - where have you come across one of those before..?) says early on in the film: "I'm learning to drive a crane". It later becomes clear why. Not the greatest Korean film I have seen, and at best an average or below-average shock-horror film. It's tailor made for Tartan Asia Extreme. A whydunnit rather than a whodunnit. From the start, the perpetrator of these rather fun and sometimes gruesome murders is not in doubt, and the film sustains interest by drawing you into why the murders are committed. At first you think the motivation is a rather extreme vigilantism, but as the film progresses the motive becomes a bit clearer. The detailed explanation of why each of the victims had to meet their end is deliberately unravelled too fast so that you feel you’ve had a bit of a mental workout. But in the end this film is amusing rather than shocking. The angelic murderess (hmm – where have you come across one of those before..?) says early on in the film: “I’m learning to drive a crane”. It later becomes clear why. Not the greatest Korean film I have seen, and at best an average or below-average shock-horror film. It’s tailor made for Tartan Asia Extreme.

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