Deranged

In light and view of the Corona pandemic this was re-released (or released for the first time?) ... makes sense in a way but also doesn't. Because this is not even remotely comparable to the Covid insanity that went around the world. But you know, pandemic is pandemic, right? Well I'd say no, but let's leave it at that.

Also just enjoy this for the romp and hollywood style (with overdramatic plot points) take that it is ... cliche and predictability go hand in hand ... but the actors give it their all and the CGI works mostly (though for some it may be not even remotely convincing) ... the evil here is crazy though ... and I guess not as far fetched from reality as one may hope it would be ...

This picture was frustrating to watch. The chasing-around/in-pursuit-of element stretched itself thin as any episode of Looney Tunes. No gore, no frights, nothing eerie or atmospheric. Just the live action equivalent of a cartoon rife with ridiculous anxiety. I gave this a 4 instead of a 1 because of the high production value and solid acting all around.

The core story, while outlandish, is interesting, but the execution of this film just left me exhausted. It lacked grace.

Avoid until you've run out of contagion films to watch.

South Korea has been cranking out some real gems lately. This, however, isn't one of them.

Director Jeong-woo Park may not have an extensive bio, but he did a styling job with this environmental disaster film. The film provides a very in-depth explanation for the epidemic caused by horsehair worms, making it very believable. It was fast-paced and exciting with literally never a dull moment as the epidemic soon causes complete pandemonium. Towards the end, it is fantastic how everything goes wrong all at once and the characters become desperate, especially when a cure is announced and all hell breaks loose as they try to get their hands on the cure. The film became more intriguing as the truth unfolds as to how and why the epidemic started. This was incredible.

I like Asian movies and this one added to my list of favorites ones. Deranged has drama, horror, suspense everything blended nicely into 110 minutes. The acting is OK nothing spectacular but the story was strong.

Jae-hyuk is an ordinary man in his 40s. He works as a medical supplies salesman and is hassled by doctors all day. His brother Jae-pil is a detective that is not all that interested in public safety and spends most of his time moaning about the stock market. The discovery of a series of floating, gruesomely skeletal bodies around the country sparks hysteria.

I don't want to spoil something so the rest you will see it on your own. Give this a try and you wont regret it.

My vote is 8/10

They did a pretty good job on making this epidemic disaster movie. The movie does a pretty good job on using Nematomorpha that infect people causing them to die from drowning in water. It really shows how dangerous these parasites are in the movie by how it cause a lot of deaths in a city and random bodies showing up in body of waters. The movie itself is suspenseful and thrilling with the characters trying to figured out how to cure people and heal them back up. There's one medicine that work and the main character try to find it for his family. Unfortunately it gets pretty tedious with the medicine keep getting destroyed by current characters in the movie. But I do like the climax of the movie on how it was resolve.