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Wow! A movie to see at least once for its sumptuous, visually stunning and dreamy vibe combining the ugliness and creepiness of dentistry with lust, predation, sex, fairytale and fantasy with flourishes of ballet and old Hollywood silents, musicals or cartoons (with intermittent burlesque or stag film music during the many visual metaphors for sex which are both hilarious and impressive!).

I’m surprised the dentist/villain never tied FL to railroad tracks (though he does tie her to other stuff). It has a cute ending once the long, strange sexually charged dream ends. Highly recommend!

That was surprisingly sad and sweet but it felt like sex scenes were cut out or something? (Not that I ever really want to see any but the transitions were choppy at points, notably before or after it seemed sex was imminent). I watched the link shared below which has a slightly shorter run time than described above.

The movie spent some time focusing on ML’s anguish at having to be a sex worker, but never explained how he got into this work or why it was his only choice. His character was very awkward and priggish so he really didn’t seem suited to the work…Seemed weird to never really explain this

The interrogation scene was cringy yet hilarious! Enjoyed the addition of Daniel Henney and the spyware-augmented triple crossing they were doing throughout, but the SIL being so prominent strained belief and was pointless except to highlight the NK/US rivalry (which was funny but could have been limited to a few apartment scenes like the original). Putting her in stakeout situations did not actually make anything different happen.

Villain not as arresting this time (was it the haircut?), action had more guns which to me was less interesting. The fly swatter scene was ridiculous (I know it was an echo of the TP scene from the first movie but it was far less believable to me). Still a fun ride!

Wow, fantastic action/buddy movie, loved how each ML had action scenes reflecting their characters (Hyun Bin purely laser-focused and cool, Yoo Hae Jin bumbling, struggling to move from ordinary cop to action hero but just as determined)! Then the villain you hate until you couldn’t 😭

I don’t see how this is aping western movies. It has been a while since I watched one, but what I enjoy about good Korean action movies is the fighting seems higher stakes, more man to man and inventive, and there’s more specificity to the reasons behind the conflict (other than “let’s kill bad guys”), which this movie had.

Listed as “Squirm” on Tubi

Great performance by ML, the end was so frustratingly sad! The dream sequence (and aftermath when ML was trying to return to his dream) was my favorite part

Really sweet and wholesome movie about being a young woman with dreams. I cried during the final dance. It was also so neat that this was a very nice teen movie centered around dance, but it was traditional Korean dance instead of ballet or modern dance? I could see this as a new comfort watch

This really elevated my opinion about Daniel Henney; I wasn’t expecting him to be so intense! Action-packed and funny. I just rated lower because the FL was so annoying

Delightful with a terrific cast! Especially the younger son played by Kim Kang Hoon (so funny in an odd jaded way, especially in episode 4). Lee Seo Jin is still so cute (he is rarely bald throughout the series). I liked how it was episodic but there was an overarching theme of appreciating what you have, being true to yourself which culminated in the last episode exploring personal dreams.

Of course I watched this for Park Sung Woong, whose brief appearance in episode 1 and bonus footage in episode 11 was highly enjoyable

This link briefly describes how this movie was made: https://filmfreeway.com/1319754

“Dave Silberman wrote DEAD AGAIN, then had it translated into Korean. Production partners urged him to direct. Learning some Korean and delving into Korean culture helped Silberman earn the trust of the all-Korean cast and crew. He communicated through translators or emoted the actions he desired from the actors.”

I can’t believe how much I laughed. It just kept getting more stupidly hilarious as it went on. The final scene was too funny. I am starting to think it was intentional

This is bad, doesn’t feel Korean at all, more like a dumb American B movie that happens to have Koreans in it. Even aspects like the shaman seem fake (which all makes sense since this is by an American).

Both lead actors are bad, but the present day one is laughably so (reminds me of watching an Ed Wood movie or a movie that is making fun of bad movies; an observation that could actually apply to the entire movie). Special effects also really cheesy.

I might have to adjust the ratings of my lowest rated movies. Worse than Killed My Wife which was the last movie that made me reconsider my lowest ratings…

Yet it is laugh out loud bad! It doesn’t give you that awful depressed feeling that happens when you have wasted your time on a truly awful movie. I can imagine this gaining midnight movie status with people quoting bad lines, dressing up like the devil worshipper, random cross eyed villagers and the whiny undead girl

Really enjoyable, stylish caper with a suave hero and a villain you love to hate (I shouted at the screen about his pure evil in one scene 😅).

I watched at https://amasian.tv/video/movies/gentleman/gentleman

Somehow the focus on physical perfection made this feel especially empty and creepy (not in a good way)

I found the foul mouthed English speaking finance bros annoying (maybe more so than intended) but the relationship between the MLs and how they both learn more about themselves and how they want to live their lives is the heart of the story which was ultimately very heartwarming and satisfying

Very entertaining and thrilling (as others said, like Signal). The contrast between ML in the past and the regretful ML of the future I found made it even more interesting and raised the stakes (it was his neglect in the past that led to his present so what could possibly happen to rectify the situation?). Worth watching!

It is listed as Next Door on Amazon Prime (US); I think it was just added

So sad, really brutal illustration of how hard life could be if you aren’t perfect (or perfectly compliant). The mother’s photo was so normal, very much an everywoman which made the end so devastating. The idea that the dad falsely believed he got away with murder was a humiliation far worse than the humiliation he previously believed he was suffering (and now I’m struck by how he was just raised to believe the worst so there probably was no other way out in his mind). Really haunting

I was laughing out loud for the first half hour, especially at Oh Jung Se’s fey performance! All the musical parts were enjoyable and evoked the era. So joyful and cute and the styles were hilarious as their career progressed

I agree with another comment here that the movie is 90 percent bullying. There is no real explanation of why the highly powerful ML waits so long to fight back? The end suggests there will be a sequel but why?

Also, who is this guy? I cannot find anything about the lead actor and I seriously wonder why this movie exists (and why Viki carries it)