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Bedevilled

South Korea

2010

115 Min

Color

2.35:1

Korean

Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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EXEC Han Man-taek, Jung Hyun, Harry H.W. Kim

CAST Seo Yeong-hee, Ji Sung-won, Park Jeong-hak, Lee Ji-eun-i, Je Min, Hwang Min-ho

SOUND Jin-hyuk Song

Cannes (Semaine de la Critique), AFI FEST (New Auteurs): Audience Award, Stockholm (Asian Images), Mar del Plata (Midnight Screamings)

Synopsis

Hae-won is a beautiful single woman in her thirties who works at a bank in the Seoul city. She leads a busy life until she becomes a witness to an attempted murder case. At the same time, things get complicated at work and she is forced to take a vacation so she heads for ‘Moodo’, a small undeveloped island, where she had once visited to see her grandparents. And where she had befriended a girl named Bok-nam. Upon arriving at the island, Hae-won is shocked to see everyone treating Bok-nam like a slave. As practically the only young woman on the island, she is a plaything for all the men and a free laborer for the women. She begs Hae-won to help her escape the place, but Hae-won remains indifferent not wanting to be involved in complicated situations… –Semaine de la Critique

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Adam Eisentrout

29Nov11

Another mean-spirited revenge flick from Korea the fails rise above as anything else. I'm waiting for a spoof or parody of these films because they examine and explore the same ideas tirelessly. An interesting character dynamic is exchanged in place for your standard woman oppressed and abused until she snaps type of narrative. Yawn-o-rama, even when the scythe swinging starts.

Echydo

8Nov11

Yet another Korean movie on revenge... Very graphic and violent, as usual. It seems to be unintentionally comic; I watched it with friends and it turned into a feast of laughter. The character of Hae-Won is seriously undeveloped so there seem to be sthg missing. Nevertheless, there were a couple of nicely shot sequences and I especially liked the way the director played with the light and captured the landscapes.

souljacker

28Oct11

Lame

Goиzalitroи Troи

21Sep11

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AFI Fest 2010

By David Hudson on November 4, 2010

As James Rocchi notes in his overview of this year's AFI Fest for MSN Movies, the directors of both the opening and closing night films are

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Fantastic Fest 2010

By David Hudson on September 23, 2010

Those posters are just a sampling of the series Mondo Tees has created for this year's Fantastic Fest, which officially opens this evening

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AFFD 2011: BEDEVILLED Review

By Twitchfilm.com on December 16, 2011

[Tonight at AFFD closes with the Korean endurance trial, Bedevilled. Here we reprint Peter Martin’s review from Fantastic Fest 2010. Bedevilled screens at 9:50 at Landmark’s Magnolia Theatre]Have you

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NYAFF 2011: BEDEVILLED Review

By Twitchfilm.com on December 16, 2011

This review contains spoilers.You know the saying, “A nice place to visit, but you wouldn’t want to live there?” Well, Moo-do Island isn’t even a nice place to visit. With a population of roughly nine

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OZTwitch - BEDEVILLED Bluray Review

By Twitchfilm.com on September 23, 2011

OZTwitch is a focus on what is new/current/cutting edge in cinema and home entertainment in Australia. For the most part we are a bit behind the rest of the world but there is still a plethora of incredible

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BEDEVILLED Blu-ray Review

By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011

Put yourself in the mind of Michael Douglas’ “D-Fens” character in Falling Down – a man finally pushed to the limit through ever growing, yet often mild irritants in the urban sprawl of LA. Hot, flustered

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BEDEVILLED UK BluRay review

By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011

(A quick explanation: for my viewing of Optimum Home Entertainment’s UK release of Bedevilled – available to buy on DVD and BluRay from 28th February 2011 – I’ve reprinted my earlier review from Manchester’s

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Grimm Up North 2010: BEDEVILLED review

By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011

Let’s be clear: Bedevilled is not a revenge movie. Yes, it deals with a horribly victimised woman who retaliates against her tormentors, seeking catharsis for everything they’ve put her through, but every

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Bedevilled review Korean Blogathon

By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011

An irate office worker goes on a forced vacation to her home town on a remote Korean island to reunite begrudgingly with her childhood friend. When she gets there she finds the village is extremely backwards

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Fantastic Fest 2010: BEDEVILLED Review

By Twitchfilm.com on April 30, 2011

Have you ever felt a chill on a warm day? BEDEVILLED unfurls under calm, sunny skies in a location that resembles a certain kind of paradise. Moo-do Island is pastoral and lush. Populated with just a handful

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Images from Korean slasher 'Bedevilled' 김복남 살인사건의 전말 (Kim-bok-nam Sal-in-sa-eui Jeon-mal)

By Twitchfilm.com on April 29, 2011

24FPS posted half a dozen pics from an upcoming Korean Slasher ‘Bedevilled’. The film marks the debut of director Jang Cheol-soo and is part of the Fine Cut line up this year. Hae-won is a beautiful single

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Fantastic Fest 2010: BEDEVILLED Review

By Twitchfilm.net on September 27, 2010

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Bedevilled

By Twitchfilm.net on September 23, 2010

Hae-won is a beautiful single woman in her thirties who works at a bank in the Seoul city. She leads a busy life until she becomes a witness to an attempted murder case, and at the same time, things get…

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