The new Korean thriller Office has one of the most dramatic demonstrations of the power of image in recent memory. A single shot, some five minutes into the movie, showing a hand gripping a hammer in the foreground and a domestic scene within an apartment in the background elicits gasps from audiences anticipating and fearing what will happen next before it is even shown. That director Hong Won-Chan can capture such a moment in his first feature film merits kudos, and, even if that represents the dramatic zenith of this uneven effort, his talent is unmistakable.
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Office (O piseu) review
Posted: August 24, 2015 in 2015 Fantasy FilmFest, Foreign, Reviews, ThrillerTags: Bae Seong-Woo, Fantasy FilmFest, Hong Won-Chan, Ko Ah-Sung, Korean films
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