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I'll try and say a bit about the film without giving too much away..

OUR TOWN is an interesting and well-told story exploring the motivations of serial killers, and the circumstances/experiences which leave a person vulnerable to the particular urges a killer may feel. It's intelligent and thought-provoking. The main character (the aspiring writer) has an unmistakable charisma and gave a great performance. Secondary players were also more than up to the task.

I liked how the so-called serial killer triad of behaviors i.e. bed-wetting, animal-torture and fire-starting, was implied rather than spelled out, and the main character seemed initially to be channeling Dostoyevsky's Raskolnikov (unfortunately, this promising development breaks down later as his childhood experiences are revealed).

The movie is , however, far from perfect.. and it is most unfortunate that its flaws, in my view, could have been easily remedied. Firstly, and most importantly, the flashbacks were immediately confusing. It was unclear which younger actor represented which elder kid in which flashback. This was a significant hindrance as the flashbacks are numerous and play an important role in fleshing out the three primary characters (also the jumps in time could have been dealt with more smoothly somehow, they tended to be a bit jarring and disorienting). Secondly, the subtitles at the screening i attended were inadequate. Many instances of Korean text appearing on screen were left untranslated, despite being obviously essential to the plot. It was fairly easy to infer more or less what information was being conveyed, but it disturbed the overall experience of the film significantly. On a lesser note, there is a glaringly distracting shot where a young girl who is supposed to be dead can CLEARLY be seen to be breathing. I would not normally complain about something as minor as this, but this actually leads to a brief spell of confusion since she appeared so obviously alive. Hence the simple "goof" graduates to incompetence.

Had these two major flaws not existed, OUR TOWN might have garnered an 8. As it stands, it gets a 7 on the strength of its story (Perhaps the DVD release will have better subtitles, so that problem may not be an issue for home viewers). It's a strong effort and unlike many Korean films of this nature, it thankfully didn't derail into hokeyness at the end of the final act (ala A BITTERSWEET LIFE, CHASER, NO MERCY FOR THE RUDE etc. etc. ad infinitum!).

This movie really beat my expectations cause this movie just didn't get that popular in Korea. And I never heard about this movie from anyone, so I assumed it wasn't a very good movie. I don't know if it's because I had low expectations for this movie, but I found it intriguing and entertaining from beginning to end. This film has good mental and psychological parts to it and is done pretty darn well. In fact as the movie progressed it kept on getting intriguing. The plot of this film basically revolves around psychos, one a bit different from the other. The movie is also a bit of a game of cat and mouse, even if one of the killers know more about the other killer than the other killer of the other killer. This is a serial killer movie that will keep you thinking throughout the whole thing and the twist and turns are executed very well. I also liked how it explores the drives and desires of some mental people. Like some reviewers claim, this movies main flaw is how convoluted it is, in a very unnecessary manner at times. Especially when it comes to the flashbacks, but I really liked how it all came together at the end and about the pioneer of certain murders. This is a good suspense thriller with good amount of mystery and twist in it, this movie was surprisingly a treat to watch.

7.9/10