Sae-yi yaeseu

This Korean 'Hitcher' may lack Rutger Hauer but it still has style and if the, admittedly disturbing, first half strikes one as fairly mild watch out for the bone crunchingly wild last 40 minutes or so, which are so, over the top.

If as seems possible, Hong Kong is having to reign in some of it's cinematic excesses under pressure from their new bosses on the mainland, then this little domain seems keen to take over in the torturous, gut wrenching and bloody stakes.

Not overly original but tough indeed and some really nasty stuff. So, why not say yes to this little seen film?

I have seen many good Korean Movies including thrillers and movies with darker overtone, but this one sucks. The director seems to be a sadist, who happened to get someone to produce some junk. The movie lacks any sort of entertainment value and is not even a thriller. I can't believe someone really made such a movie. Even though acting is OK, the story line and the feeling it leaves is awful.

I am sure, I am not going to see any movies of this director. No sense of movie making, and utter disappointment in having thriller moments. All this has is showing scenes with psychopath wasting the reels with badly shot scenes and showing more blood and violence thinking that makes it thrilling. Very disappointing movie and I strongly recommend skipping all the movies of this sort.

I've watched this film twice so far and in my opinion it's one of the best thrillers I've seen to date from Asia, whilst not being as good as the likes of 'Infernal affairs' or 'Chaser' I still rate this highly all the same.

The bad guy is very good and totally believable in the role, as are the couple who he decides to prey on and generally make their lives a misery, whilst slowly driving them mad with every psychological/physical turn.

There's a consistently good atmosphere in the film which is at times brutal to a pretty high degree.

The film is about the right length, overall a very good watch, it probably won't blow you away, but it's much better than most thrillers over the past 5-10 years or so, well worth checking out.

It's from just before the big boom of South Korean horror and along the same time period as the Ring francise. It's part Psycho; The Shining and other US movies rolled-into-one. However it is very well-produced and well-made.

I really don't understand the low rates. Do people just troll Asian movies with bad ratings because they are gory or something? I don't get it.

The acting is solid. It's not over-acting. It's polished. The direction is great. Lots of good dangerous stunt sequences which have been done well. There is a lovely documentary of the making-of in my Third Window Films' DVD release.

It's odd that this film did not get more overseas' acclaim as it is a perfect late-night-popcorn-slasher-and-romance-kinda-film. Especially appropriate that the most beautiful love story between Yoon-hee and Jung-hyun. In today's term of short-term romance and impossible dating apps this is a breath-of-fresh-air!

Special shout out for the leading three protagonists. Yoon-hee; Jung-hyun and Park Joong-hoon played their parts superbly. Park is a great Director and actor. His tanacity and aggression reminded me of Kitano in his yakuza movies!

Really underrated movie. Please watch it! 8/10.

In Seoul, when the aspirant writer Jeong-hyun (Ju-hyuk Kim) finds an editor for his book, he buys a car and calls his wife and translator Yoon-hee (Sang Mi Chu) to travel to Sokcho to celebrate in style their first anniversary of marriage. He promises an unforgettable trip to her, and their happiness is briefly interrupted when the couple has an incident with a drifter (Joong-Hoon Park) that asks them for a lift. The guy chases them and irritates Jeong-hyun, provoking his reaction in public. Along the next days, the expressionless man proves to be a psychopath to the couple, but always without witnesses. When Jeong-hyun and Yoon-hee believe they have escaped from the man, they find that he is a sadistic murderer in their tail and they have to fight to survive.

"Sae-yi Yaeseu" is an excellent combination of "Cape Fear", "The Hitcher" and "Duel" but with a great difference in its conclusion. Hollywood would never let a gore and noncommercial unhappy end like in this movie. Joong-Hoon Park is perfect in the role of a deranged psychopath that decides to destroy the life of the couple just because they are happy. His exaggerated indestructibility recalls T-1000 in "Terminator 2: Judgment Day", but it works, increasing the action and the suspense of the story. The gorgeous Sang Mi Chu shows a wonderful chemistry with Ju-hyuk Kim, contributing to a darker and also ambiguous end. I regret that this film is totally underrated in IMDb User Rating. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Morra ou Diga Sim" ("Die or Say Yes")