Bul-eun ba-kang-seu geom-eun we-ding (2011)

Bul-eun ba-kang-seu geom-eun we-ding: Directed by Tai-sik Kim, Cheol-su Park. With Ji-hye Ahn, Jin-joo Lee, Ginger, Eun-Jung Hwang. Two short films about infidelity: A dark comedy of a mistress lured into a wife’s trap, the second a student unable to leave her professor’s embrace even after her wedding.

“There are a few brief redeeming qualities to this pair of movies. First, Ji-hye Ahn and In-hye Oh ARE hot as hell, and bare their chests, and that alone almost makes it worth it if thatu0026#39;s what youu0026#39;re here for. There were several moments of weird surrealism in the first (Red Vacation) and one particular scene of uncomfortable drunkenness in the second (Black Wedding) that almost sold the movie for me, if it hadnu0026#39;t been for all the filler.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eUnfortunately, the first film feels like a directoru0026#39;s first film, lingering on every shot for no particular reason, just because Criterion movies also lingered with purpose. At least it tried to play up a bit of camp, and it would have been much better if it had more. The second suffered from a lack of direction and nonstop shakycam: every scene is hand-held instead of set on a tripod. Combine with a banal story, that only gets interesting in the last five minutes, and itu0026#39;s really hard to sit through. Almost every moment of both segments felt like a chore just to watch, so little happens with so little meaning.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe video quality is atrocious, even for Amazon video. Not only is it not HD, itu0026#39;s such low quality SD that it looks like a 1CD XviD download from 2003. All of the beautiful scenery in the first segment is utterly spoiled by the low quality. That may not be the directoru0026#39;s fault, but this is how many people will watch it, so itu0026#39;s valid. Amazon video is horrible.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eUltimately, whether itu0026#39;s drama, comedy, weirdness, or nudity that you want, youu0026#39;d be better off getting it elsewhere.”