Baekyahaeng: Hayan eodoom sokeul geolda

White Night is a film that promises thrills but falls short of expectations. Its detective elements are passable, yet disappointingly predictable. It's almost as if the director's intention was to guide viewers through the deductions, leaving little room for surprise. The most challenging aspect lies in deciphering the motives, shrouded in secrecy until nearly the film's end.

The film's focus leans heavily on psychology. The central idea revolves around a mentally unstable girl and her similarly disturbed boyfriend. However, the psychological exploration lacks depth, mired in a tangled web of unnecessary subplots and diversions. It seems the director aimed to highlight the villainess, but instead, the narrative becomes needlessly convoluted and labyrinthine. This film could easily trim half of its content without losing substance.

Except for the initial setup, the psychological motivation of the culprit remains disappointingly shallow. The overarching explanation seems to be "they're crazy". Overall, the film lacks the haunting, thought-provoking quality one might expect from a psychological thriller. It fails to leave a lasting impression or evoke profound contemplation.

RATED 7/10 Language: Korean Source: Nil

Slow burning investigative drama. The investigation and revelation of crime layer by layer is done very effectively. The twist, motive of murder and the characters are developed very well.

The problem of the movie is length and dragged climax. Felt it is dead slow in the middle. The investigation angle and story is good but the way it is dragged is bit unacceptable.

Be patient and adjust to the pace, this will be a good watch. The thriller and mystery part is handled very well. Worth the watch.

--just to fill 600 characters repeated below Be patient and adjust to the pace, this will be a good watch. The thriller and mystery part is handled very well. Worth the watch.

Boring, confusing, doesnt make sense. The choreograph of events is such a mess, so are the development of characters which is disastrous and confusing. It could have been better if it clearly expresses or hint off the incidents and relations of characters, while the movie tried to create an atmosphere of suspense but bitterly fails, with its slow pace and lack of intensity it simply loses the interests of the audience.

There are two timelines and a lot of different characters in this movie, which makes it a bit confusing. It also drags on for too long with unecessarily added complexity, considering the basic story is fairly simple. It's not really bad, but not very good either.

This big budget suspense movie started out with a good story but eventually it becomes more and more uneven.

It is nicely shot, but the script is messy and almost every scene is headed towards a climax and it just kills the mood and the interest in the story.

I personally felt like that the film crew focused on shooting all the scenes but did not succeed in editing the story together well enough. Many scenes also feel like they did not need to be in the film and i did not really feel sympathy for any of the main characters.

With another director like Jong Boon-Ho or Park Chan-Wook i think this movie could have been very well made, instead of this more or less forgettable mess of what is basically a very interesting crime suspense story.