Memories of Murder (2003): In 1986, in the province of Gyunggi, in South Korea, two young and beautiful women are found dead. Local detectives are brutal and stupid, and without any real technique to investigate the murders. A detective from Seoul comes to the country to help the investigations and is convinced that a serial-killer is at work. (8.1)
Director: Joon-ho Bong
Stars: Kang-ho Song, Sang-kyung Kim and Roe-ha Kim
Language: Korean (w/ English Subtitles)
The DVD has an English soundtrack also, but that's just wrong. I flipped it to Korean and read the subtitles. Acting is good, yet a touch towards over-dramatization (as with most Chinese/Korean movies). There's lots of social commentary thrown in without being central to the storyline, which IMHO helped the movie become realistic. As with the real-life story on which it is based, the movie is open-ended. My Rating: 7.0
