Lee Gae-byok’s comedy has plenty of charm to go around, but never quite hits the heights it could.
Tag: 2016
The Bodyguard
Sammo Hung shows his soft and brutal sides in this action drama.
The Wailing
Confusion and paranoia drive the plot in this moody, creepy horror.
Small Talk
Brick by brick, walls crumble in Huang Hui-chen’s touching documentary.
The Receptionist
Jenny Lu shows us the trials of 'massage' parlour women in her 2016 drama The Receptionist.
The Table
Kim Jong-Kwan keeps things simple and succinct in his delightful drama The Table.
Shin Godzilla
Bureaucracy and destruction run rampant in Hideaki Anno’s revamp of the beloved franchise
The Great Wall
Hardly Zhang Yimou’s best film, The Great Wall features some good ideas but is mostly boring
The Mermaid
Stephen Chow’s hilarious The Mermaid toes the line between original and rehash, but ultimately comes out on top.
The Handmaiden
A talented cast and excellent filmmaking come together to offer director Park Chan-wook another feather in his cap
The Age of Shadows
A three-way cat and mouse game is made all the more tense through excellent direction
Train to Busan
A claustrophobic setting provides great tension in this exciting cross-country tour of terror
The Asian Cinema Critic 