Movie Juror 8 (Korean)

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  1. kkgoh

    kkgoh Well-Known Member

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    Juror 8, loosely based on South Korea's first jury trial in 2008.
    It's a courtroom drama led by first time director Hong Seung Wan, exploring the difficulties of consensus building (esp in korean culture) on a fictional parricide case. Basically a korean take on "12 Angry Men" (1957).
    Outstanding performance from the defendent Seo Hyun Woo. Reminded me of "A Taxi Driver" (2017).

    Caught this (again) on a return flight from Asia. Pretty impressed despite the slow start.
    Was highly rated on AsianWiki and other asian sites, but IMDB gave it 6.9 (just like "Dance with Me"). Wonder if there's a "debuff spell" on IMDB automatically cast on asian films.

    @Wujigege Figure this might interest you.
     
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    vancenick Well-Known Member

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    I never trust IMDB for ratings they did a list of I think it was best horror movies of all time and a good chunk of the list was not even horror
     
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