Memories of Murder

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Leonardo K @RT80520392 5 days ago Memories of Murder is not a profound portrait of institutional failure. It is two hours of watching incompetent, brutish detectives repeatedly mishandle murder cases while the film mistakes caricature for social criticism. If Bong’s point is that 1980s Korea made solving these crimes impossible, then show the system doing that. Show bureaucracy, political interference, bad incentives, resource denial, institutional pressure. Instead, most of the failure comes from detectives who are already stupid, violent and morally dubious before the "system" supposedly breaks them. A few protests, scarce forensic resources and background political context do not create causality. They create background noise. As a procedural, the investigation is dull. As social criticism, it is underdeveloped. As black comedy, the buffoonery sits horribly beside murdered women who remain largely interchangeable. See more Rohit R @RT41221724 Aug 26, 2026 Poignant, brooding, moving, intense serial-killer drama. Mind-blowing picture. Great music, cinematography, the acting, everything on par excellence. See more Jeremy H @RT25605120 Aug 19, 2026 I can't believe I haven't heard of this movie until recently. Though this movie appears to be a low budget film considering there's not a lot of special effects, multiple scenes are shot in the same location(s), what makes this movie unforgettable is the raw acting ability of the cast, and the moral dilemma the movie poses to the audience. It's a fantastic story with a fantastic cast, and I feel this move should get way more hype. See more Colby S @ColbySchoetz Jul 20, 2026 Bong Joon-ho is a master of the craft and no other work of artiste of his is better than Memories of Murder. A film in which a team of South Korean detectives investigate one of the most chilling murder/rape case ever put to screen. The detective team is played by a wonderful ensemble lead by Song Kang-ho (fresh off his phenomenal performances in Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance and Joint Security Area, two early Park Chan-wook films) and Kim Sang-kyung. The films final sequence really nails in the fact that a killer could be any ordinary person. What this movie did is introduce a thrilling and excruciating mystery and leave it with a direct stare at the camera that sends shivers down your spine. Memories of Murder is one of the best films of all time, if not the best film of all time. See more Christian B. @cbrumme Jun 15, 2026 It was fine, but not sure why it is so heralded though See more Tom M @RT70537371 May 11, 2026 This was absolute cinema, the plot, the way we get angry with the cops about the investigation, et mm frr nsm je parle en français c'était trop bien, c'est litéralement de la frustration jusqu'à la fin ou on se dit qu'on est con sa mrrrrrr See more Read all reviews

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