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Sabaha

  • 2019
  • 2h 2m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
5.7K
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Lee Jung-jae in Sabaha (2019)
Pastor Park works to expose suspicious religious groups. He's hired to look into the cult group Deer Mount. Meanwhile, Police Captain Hwang investigates a murder case and the main suspect is a member of the Deer Mount cult.
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Pastor Park works to expose suspicious religious groups. He's hired to look into the cult group Deer Mount. Meanwhile, Police Captain Hwang investigates a murder case and the main suspect is... Read allPastor Park works to expose suspicious religious groups. He's hired to look into the cult group Deer Mount. Meanwhile, Police Captain Hwang investigates a murder case and the main suspect is a member of the Deer Mount cult.Pastor Park works to expose suspicious religious groups. He's hired to look into the cult group Deer Mount. Meanwhile, Police Captain Hwang investigates a murder case and the main suspect is a member of the Deer Mount cult.

  • Director
    • Jang Jae-hyun
  • Writers
    • Kang Full
    • Jang Jae-hyun
  • Stars
    • Lee Jung-jae
    • Lee Da-wit
    • Yoo Ji-tae
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.3/10
    5.7K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jang Jae-hyun
    • Writers
      • Kang Full
      • Jang Jae-hyun
    • Stars
      • Lee Jung-jae
      • Lee Da-wit
      • Yoo Ji-tae
    • 51User reviews
    • 15Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 5 wins & 15 nominations total

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    Lee Jung-jae
    Lee Jung-jae
    • Pastor Park
    Lee Da-wit
    Lee Da-wit
    • Yo Sub
    Yoo Ji-tae
    Yoo Ji-tae
    • Kim Dong-soo
    Lee Jae-in
    • Geum-hwa
    Park Jeong-min
    Park Jeong-min
    • Jeong Na-han
    Baek Seung-chul
    Baek Seung-chul
    • Geum-Hwa's grandfather
    Park Ji-hwan
    Park Ji-hwan
    • Jang-suk
    Lee Sang-woo
    Lee Sang-woo
    • Head Monk
    Yoon Kyung-ho
    Yoon Kyung-ho
    • Cattle shed owner
    Jin Seon-kyu
    Jin Seon-kyu
    • Monk Hae-an
    Min Tanaka
    Min Tanaka
    • Nechoongtenpa
    Ji Seung-hyun
    Ji Seung-hyun
    • Kim Cheol-jin
    Jung Jin-young
    Jung Jin-young
    • Chief Hwang
    Suk Mun
    Suk Mun
    • Myung-Hee
    Lee Hang-na
    Lee Hang-na
    • Park Eun-Hye
    Hwang Jung-min
    Hwang Jung-min
    • Deaconess Sim
    Kim Hong-pa
    Kim Hong-pa
    • Prison governor
    Oh Yun-hong
    Oh Yun-hong
    • Buddhist Yeon-Hwa
    • Director
      • Jang Jae-hyun
    • Writers
      • Kang Full
      • Jang Jae-hyun
    • All cast & crew
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    User reviews51

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    9michaeljohnharding

    Highly recommended, for some.

    The bad reviews are because it's complicated. Not a typical film. Unless you're looking for simple escapism, you will enjoy this one. Theological and existential. Loads of great scenes and set pieces.

    Side to Korean culture I hadn't seen in movies. Buddhist monk with a Nespresso machine, youth offender prisons, quarries etc.

    The plot has a lot of "in scene" detective work and characters working out what's going on, kind of like The Wire, but in this case the detective work involves complex Buddhist iconography and monastic structure. Some who prefer simple guts and kinetic story might struggle. Hence the bad reviews - most films are way more simple, the people who are unhappy are comparing it to those expectations.

    For fans of the Wailing, cult obsessives, people with spiritual beliefs. I'm personally atheist but the depth of spiritual enquiry in this film really touched me. "How can there be a God in a world like this?"
    7gjcannon-73149

    Complex and Interesting

    First of all, I really liked the cinematography, lighting, all the things we take for granted in a well-made film that are so obviously missing in a poor film. One shot was like a Dutch Old Master painting, you may spot it. The plot is rather complicated in following the work of an academic debunker of cults and the charlatans who mean to profit, or worse, through manipulation of followers. There is a weird mix of Buddhist and Christian influences in Korean culture which might puzzle viewers in the West like me, but it is worth paying attention and sticking with the story.
    8PedroPires90

    Perfect 2nd and 3rd acts

    The first act is a bit messy with too much information. As soon as you passed that, it's a brilliant cult supernatural thriller.
    7Biskuitt

    Overall, a good movie

    Pastor Park is infamous for his debunking attitude towards religious stigma, cult belief, its bad practices and how it exploits the mind of general people of a society. It ultimately led him to a cult religious group called Deer Mount which happened to be related to lot of murders of young children who were born in 1999.

    This film had "The Wailing (2016)" vibe from the beginning for some reason. Story focuses on specific people only. It had a huge potential to work and build some other characters. Only problem of this film is it lacks a good continuation of some characters that they introduced in the movie, completely drops them later as if they don't exist. I wanted to see police and Pastor Park working together.

    Jae-hyun Jang is still young and a toddler among other veteran directors. Writers were inexperienced also. What I liked is, I saw they are hard working people; writers, directors..everyone. It shows that they tried their best to make it happen. It's not too long that there will be some good and great masterpiece from them after right amount of experience they achieve.

    I have 0 complain about the actors. All did their parts professionally. This is what I like about Korean Film industry, the actors are super veteran when it comes to acting and you won't find anything to complain.

    Ending was satisfying. Final 20 minutes of the film is really does the magic, it literally revived the whole film. I really like some of the symbolic messages they conveyed via Dogs, Elephant and Bird; is pure gold attached to Babylonian mythology. Kudos to director and writers for portraying it in such mysterious way.

    Cinematography was average. Too many cuts and angle changes in some of the shots. In films like such as this one, it is best to keep a shot as long as possible since sudden cuts and angle change can and will kill some important momentum and it did for this movie.

    Overall, really liked the film. I will give it 7. Don't know why it is so low in rating but definitely not a low six film.
    6Foutainoflife

    Messy

    This is would be much better if it weren't so messy. The plot is interesting, camera work is good, actors were decent and the effects were ok. For me, there are problems.

    There are times where I almost felt that I was watching four different stories. Story one is about a girl and her twin sister, who is a demon or evil. Story two is about a cop who is working a murder case. Story three is about a group of boys who were sent to juvie for various reasons and came out on a mission. And, story four is about a pastor who investigates cults.

    It isn't unusual to have several storylines that are interlaced and this one is but it has been done in an odd way. There are characters who are introduced but we see very little of them throughout the film. It is also a bit convoluted when it came to giving a clear understanding about all that was going on but I will be fair in saying that I was watching the film with subtitles and some things may have been lost in translation.

    This is marketed as a horror film but it felt like a thriller to me. I watch a lot of horror though and I may be somewhat desensitized. Nothing about it every really rose to a level of horror. Creepy. Maybe. Not horror though.

    It isn't a terrible movie. It was hard to follow.

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      Nechoongtenpa, played by Japanese actor Tanaka Min, speaks with a discernible Japanese accent despite being from Tibet.
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      References Seklusyon (2016)

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    • Release date
      • May 30, 2019 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • South Korea
    • Languages
      • Korean
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Svaha: The Sixth Finger
    • Production companies
      • CJ E&M Film Financing & Investment Entertainment & Comics
      • CJ Entertainment
      • Filmmaker R&K
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $17,607,783
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 2 minutes
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