☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼(☼) out of 10☼
At psychotherapist's office
Casino grand, Cirque du Soleil-esque opening
Contempo architecture
A room with a view
The masque of glittering death
The cathedral of gambling
The most kaleidoscopic bar in the dreamland of crime
Boasting handsome production values, huge, sparsely decorated spaces, an identity theft (crisis?) story that reaches new levels of mind-boggling irrationality, as well as the exuberant, 'super-neonized' cinematography that gives Nicolas Winding Refn a good run for his money, Sa-Rang Lee's extremely ambitious debut feature - a sexy and pulpy neo-noir action thriller peppered with hints of science fiction - could be described as The Face of Another meets Lost Highway through Only God Forgives, perfume/Schweppes commercial and The Matrix - a Frankenstein-ish, yet effective amalgam which mostly works despite its excessive running time, primarily thanks to Soo-hyun Kim's magnetic presence and subtly cool dual-role performance.
Dance, dance, dance...
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