Geukbisusa

2015 [KOREAN]

Action / Crime / Drama

4
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 55%
IMDb Rating 6.5/10 10 1212 1.2K

based on a true story kidnapping based on true story busan, south korea

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Plot summary

A detective and a fortune teller join forces to find a kidnapped child whom no one expects to be alive. Based on a true story.

Director

Kyung-taek Kwak Photo
Kyung-taek Kwak

Top cast

Won Choi Photo
Won Choi as Central district detective #4
Lee Ho-Cheol Photo
Lee Ho-Cheol as Bae Cheol-Ho
Tae-Hoon Kim Photo
Tae-Hoon Kim as Central district detective #5
Jeong Ho-bin Photo
Jeong Ho-bin as Seo Jung-hak
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984.87 MB
1280*544
Korean 2.0
Not Rated
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23.976 fps
1 hr 47 min
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1.98 GB
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Korean 5.1
Not Rated
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23.976 fps
1 hr 47 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by jesse o 5 / 10

Somehow, I'm just not looking forward to writing

Somehow, I'm just not looking forward to writing this review for one reason or another. I can't quite put my finger as to why that is, but I just don't want to write this review. I feel like it's been forever since I've seen a South Korean movie, yet it's only been something like two months (The Prison). With the popularity of streaming services (of which I subscribe to two) and the fact that I watch, more often than not, something different every night, it makes the time that has passed between movies feel considerably longer than it most likely is. It has been something like 54 days in between the Prison and this movie so that's 53 movies I've seen in the interim, not counting this one of course (which would be the 54th) and, once again, it feels much more time has passed. I suppose that's neither here nor there as it relates to this movie. Let's move on, shall we? While this movie is inspired by a real-life case where a cop and a guru/fortuneteller team up to investigate this case of a kidnapped girl, and subsequently help bring her home, in a lot of instances, this movie reminds me VERY much of Kurosawa's High And Low, which is an excellent movie. Rich businessmen having their children kidnapped in movies is nothing new. In fact, you could say it's a trope, but there's something about how this movie handles its interactions with the kidnapper and the investigation itself. There comes a moment in the movie when the Jungbu investigative crew team up with the Seoul investigative crew and the room they share, which is like some sort of warehouse, where they conduct their investigation and plot their plan of action in dealing with the kidnapper looks exactly like the room the investigators used for the same purpose in High and Low. Ultimately, in my opinion, the comparison between both movies, obviously, ends up not being favorable to this movie. That's not to suggest that this movie is bad. Because it can actually be quite good at times. I do like the the more tense moments like everything prior to the kidnapper actually contacting them and the desperation the parents feel when, in particular the mother, visits all of these physics, gurus and shaman, all of whom tell her her daughter is dead. I even like the movie after both the Jungbu and Seoul crews team up and, after Eun-joo's aunt, who's going in place of Eun-joo's mother, who has taken ill, goes to the meeting place. I think this is the best part of the movie because the Jungbu crew actively sabotage the tailing of the aunt so they can be the ones who catch the kidnapper, bring the little girl home to safely and get all the glory. I find that this is a stupid thing to do, if you really think about it. These people sabotaged an active investigation, in a life or death situation, to get the glory themselves. I'm not saying that there isn't gonna be some resentment between the Jungbu and Seoul crews, but for one of them to actively sabotage the investigation feels like it's pushing it too much. Regardless, however, I feel that it leads to a tense chase sequence with Gong, the main cop in the movie, fighting against the clock in order to get to the meeting place in order if he can find spot the kidnapper. This works really well, even with the stupidity of the sabotage itself aside. Perhaps, though, one of the problems that I have with this is that I don't feel that the movie can keep up its own taut atmosphere. The movie works best when it's a race against time, because you don't know if this little girl is alive or dead, but the movie doesn't really sustain that atmosphere throughout its entirety. And, if I'm being honest, I find that character of the guru, Kim, who's played by Yoo Hae-jin (one of my favorite South Korean character actors), isn't as big a part of the movie as you would imagine. I mean, essentially, he does help out with the visions he sees and, eventually, his help is what guides Gong to find the kidnapper and, later, Eun-joo. But, at the same time, I feel that he's not in the movie as much as he absolutely should be. Maybe this is just the fact that I do love Yoo Hae-jin, but I feel that he should have been a more prominent presence in the movie and his relationship with Gong should have been explored more in-depth. Particularly given how the movie ends, with Gong and Kim's family becoming close friends. I feel like this could be a really satisfying conclusion, given the fact that the movie, surprisingly for a South Korean thriller, ends with everyone happy, safe and sound. There are deaths in the movie. At least that you see on-screen, some previous crimes are alluded to in trying to figure out who might be a suspect. And, for my money, I actually appreciate the positive conclusion to this narrative, given the fact that it, very easily, could have been exploited for melodrama if it came to be that the girl was killed early on. But no, she was kidnapped and the kidnapper actually did a good enough job of taking care of the girl. Not that that justifies what he did, but at least she was well-taken care of in the time she was with the kidnapper. So, in short, the movie plays out far more positively than I would have ever expected and I really appreciate that. But I just feel that the fact the movie tried to force this friendship between Gong and Kim that, honestly, was not earned. I like both actors, so I felt that the movie should have focused more on their interactions. Obviously, I don't mean to distract from the kidnapping investigation itself and all their conversations should have been geared towards that. That's another thing, Gong and Kim, essentially, let the Jungbu crew take credit for helping find the kidnapper and Eun-joo, despite them being a toxic presence during the investigation itself. And that's something that the movie plays with, only slightly since this is shortly before it ends, but I think it doesn't matter who takes the credit. Good people are only satisfied with the result that this little girl is finally home, safe and sound, with her parents. That is all that should matter. Regardless, with all of that said, part of me wants to give this movie a good rating, but I don't feel that it ever reaches that level. I don't think they manage to maintain the taut pace of some of the best moments of the movie and the interactions between Gong and Kim are minimal when considering they try to push the two as friends later on in the movie. It's still a solid movie, but it falls somewhere between 2.5 and 3 stars. Don't feel comfortable giving this 3, so 2.5 is gonna have to do. The real score would be closer to 2.75. Solid movie in parts, but its flaws keep it from being truly good.
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Reviewed by Uriah43 7 / 10

Rivitting

This film begins in Busan, South Korea with a young child by the name of "Eun-Joo" (Hwang Chae-Won) being kidnapped on her way home from school. Worried that the district police are more concerned with capturing the kidnapper than they are about rescuing his child, Eun-Joo's wealthy father (played by Song Young-Chang) uses his enormous influence to have an investigator named "Detective Kong Gil-yong" (Kim Yun-Seok) put in charge of the case. Unfortunately, this creates some dissension within the police department because Detective Kong is not a member of that particular district initially tasked with heading the investigation. Not only that, but Detective Kong's extremely delicate investigation also takes another twist when Eun-Joo's distraught mother (played by Lee Jung-Eun) consults a fortune teller by the name of "Kim Joong-san" (Yu Hae-Jin) who seems to have an ability to acquire intimate details of the kidnapping that might prove helpful. But the question on Detective Kong's mind is whether this fortune teller might actually hurt his investigation rather than helping it. Now, rather than reveal any more I will just say that, quite often, films that are "based on a true story" tend to be embellished to one extent or another. Sometimes beyond all reason. However, since some of the supposed facts to this story have only been recently released, there really isn't much I can say about this film's veracity. So, I'll leave it up to the viewers to make that determination for themselves. What I can say, however, is that I found this to be a very entertaining film which kept my attention from start-to-finish and for that reason I have rated it accordingly. Above average.

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