Yong-eui-ja X (2012) Reviews

• Maybe too Contrived

  reallyevilboy2016-08-28

  I'm yet again going to tick the spoiler button because toward the end of the review I am going to give away the ending. SPOILER ALERT Now, I love Korean movies and that as well as the great reviews this movie has been getting may have been setting me up to watch this with way too high expectations. For me this movie bombed. a 7 out of 10 in any other movie genre is not a bomb but for me, for South Korean movies 7 out of 10 is a loss. I found the plot maybe a little to contrived, set out way too precisely and by the time they got to the huge twist I really did not care. SPOILER BELOW!! The thing that got me the most was that the main character went to so much effort to obscure the murder of the x-husband that he hid the x- husband's body where no one would ever find it. Killed a homeless person the very same way and hid their identity so that the police would think that it was the x-husband's body. A] The first part of this plan would have done the trick.Hiding the body where it will never be found without killing another person seems like an okay plan. B] No one care about the dead homeless person. "Oh you really love me, you killed a homeless person for me" I think the movie really fails to make a distinction that homeless people are actual people and killing a homeless person is still murder.

• Tugs at your brain and heart

  groundcoffee2013-08-18

  What to make of this remake? It is the best movie I have seen in years. To me, this is better than the Japanese one. Take the ending, the male character who confessed is asked by the female lead, why he did it. In the Japanese version, he cries unabashedly, in this Korean version, his tears quietly flow. Rare is a film that tugs at one's brain and heart at the same time. Yes, it is a tearjerker but the way the detective uncovers layer upon layer of evidence leading him to cast suspicion on his mathematician friend is feast for the brain. Highly recommended. Ten out of ten stars.

• perfect movie for me!

  fluffset2013-04-01

  I never watch the Japanese one, some of the viewer who watch the Japanese one will think something else after watch this. Just like when you watch fincher's dragon tattoo after the Swedish one, which one is better? So, I'm hardly rate ten star because no such perfect movie in this world, this movie either. But, something all moviegoers need is the movie that have some kind of spirit, which it can hold you to stay on your seat till the end of credit. Make your mind think like this is not right? What's going on? What will happen next? Should sequeling this! A love movie that doesn't need ''I love you'' quote. What I don't like about this movie is,they should make it more longer,because we love to see what will happen to the character's life. I'm so sad, a good romance-detective-mystery movie. Highly recommended!!

• Love & Math

  zboston32016-10-30

  I've yet to see the original Japanese version of this story, but the Korean version is one more reason why I feel Korea makes some of the best movies around. A story of logic and math, this story emphasizes the relationships over the usual mystery. It's about why did it more than how did it, and the ending like a character says is happy and bitter. The acting in excellent and the music is also a great part in why it's so effective. I'm not going to give a lot of detail about the plot or the characters. See the move on Youtube with English subtitles and enjoy.

• One in thousand movie U should watch it !!!

  zorigt-ankhbayar2015-12-12

  This movie is based on Japanese novel called 'Devotion of Suspect X' name itself give a perfect description of main male character. Main character is devoted to the woman who he loves and because of that devotion he covers up murder of her ex husband which she killed under self-defence. It shows what sacrifice man or person can make for his/her love. In the end woman finds out that from the beginning main character was going to take blame for the murder, she runs to him only to find he is already going to jail in prison bus and she clings to the bus, calls his name which makes them both cry but bus does not stop and she falls to the ground crying. It makes you want to know what happened after that was it happy ending? or not. But personally I believe that doesn't matter for there is love, a true love that blooms in the end and that gives people hope. Don't you think so ?