The symbolism in this is utterly beautiful; Lee Hyeon Soo has creating such a terrifying and harrowing nine minutes that follows the social pressure forced on students as their SATs come up. The gore in this was absolutely stunning for a short – I’ve seen blockbuster feature-length films struggle to come up with gory shots like “a function” did. The writing was beautiful – almost every single thing shown was a metaphor for something, and each one spoke truly wonderfully and horrifically as everything begins to click into place.
This is a solid favourite and I will be watching this numerous times in the future and I will definitely be waiting for the next film/short/etc of Lee Hyeon Soo.
I’ll keep the review short and sweet for a very bitter short, but absolutely stunning. I definitely recommend giving this one a try.
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As someone who hates math, this scenario truly felt like a nightmare. Don't know what was scarier - the dead bodies or the number on the paper. It also serves as a good representation of the emotional and psychological pressure Korean students need to face in terms of their education - each score might seem like a life or death situation.
The quality of the practical effects was amazing. We see so much poorly done CGI in horror movies in recent years, it's refreshing to see a well done gore in A Function.
It's definitely one of the best short horror movies I have seen. Highly recommend to everyone, as long as you can handle some gore.
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