Gosa (2008)

Gosa: Directed by Hong-Seung Yoon. With Kim Bum, In-sook Choi, Da-Geon, Hahm Eun-Jung. Advanced students who take a special class are being tortured by their class rank.

“Fast paced Korean high school spin on Saw. Students are kidnapped, set up in traps, and their classmates must answer questions to set them free. Simple set-up that requires a lot of generous suspension of disbelief by the audience. The killer becomes almost omniscient, and their technical skills are flawless. Still, if people didnu0026#39;t follow the rules we wouldnu0026#39;t have a film. The traps are pretty unsettling, and the story behind why this is going on manages to intrigue for the short running time. Also a critique on the competitive nature of education in South Korea, we see the students scores represented like sports scores. It knows when to build the suspense and when to relish in its gore, but the victims are simply that, and the twist is just too convenient.”