HELPLESS aka Hwacha - Dir. Byun Young Joo (2012)
I watched this South Korean suspense thriller without having read any reviews or knowing the plot beforehand & my initial impression was it was going to be a Korean variation of Sluzier's THE VANISHING but it goes off into a totally different direction instead. Still quite satisfying though & kept me guessing to the end. I have since found out it was based on a popular Japanese crime novel titled KASHA, which also spawned a couple of TV series adaptations that I'm going to search out.
I watched this South Korean suspense thriller without having read any reviews or knowing the plot beforehand & my initial impression was it was going to be a Korean variation of Sluzier's THE VANISHING but it goes off into a totally different direction instead. Still quite satisfying though & kept me guessing to the end. I have since found out it was based on a popular Japanese crime novel titled KASHA, which also spawned a couple of TV series adaptations that I'm going to search out.
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