WHAT WAS EVEN THE POINT?
First of all this movie made no sense, especially the ending which was the worst ending i have ever seen. I've heard of this movie before and I thought that I should give it a try as I was also really bored and just decided to watch this,It started off okayish but then it started going down hill and the story just became a whole mess. The girl annoyed me so much like every time she appeared on the screen I already knew she was going to do something stupid like when she kissed Jonathan and then not long after got with his best friend Shane.
Also Jonathon and Shane's friend ship was so confusing and stupid like how are you letting on random girl that came into your lives ruin your friendship as she caused so many issues.
IDK WHAT ELSE TO SAY BUT I ACTUALLY AM SO DISAPPOINTED IN THIS MOVIE AND IM SURPRISED I EVEN GAVE IT MORE THAN 2 STARS.
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RESEÑA <3
Imposible no llorar con esta maravillosa película.Lo primero de todo, la actuación es de diez.
Recomiendo verla. Aprendes más de la vida de lo que uno sabe.
Hay veces que la gente no se da cuenta de lo que ocurre al rededor, de lo que puede ser la vida en sí.
Hay dos frases iguales que se me quedaron grabadas, pero por relación a la película, y relación a la gente que está en esa situación.
“Yo no puedo ir a ningún sitio si tú no empujas mi silla de ruedas”
“Tú no puedes ir a ningún sitio, si yo no empujo tu silla de ruedas”
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Alien acting
A veteran Korean actor, Lee Dong-hwi, plays a version of himself with the same name Lee Dong-hwi. Interestingly, I recently watched a similar movie about another actor, Jung Woo, and the acting world. This film is a self-reflective comedy about the life of an actor. It shows the main actor’s vulnerability and honesty.I love Korean movies, but I often struggle with Korean comedies. They usually carry a good message, and this movie is no exception. However, the jokes often didn’t land well for me. I only laughed twice — once at a fart joke and once at a sandwich scene. The rest of the time, it felt overly silly, with too much yelling that was uncomfortably loud on my speakers rather than funny or entertaining. Oh, and I also laughed at the post-credit scene at the end.
The movie uses the analogy of acting as an alien character to represent feeling alien to your own life. It explores what happens when acting becomes your life and your life becomes acting. We all play certain roles in life, and we need the wisdom to stay true to ourselves.
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Better spend your 2 hours for something else
Suffer the same plot holes and idiotic moments as every other zombie themed shows that predate it.Zero story and very weak characters. It's just a fast pace of events showing a small group of people running from the zombies, while occassionally getting into heated arguments and do stupid shit that get them killed.
Film maker told us that she's supposed to be a reknown bio-tech professor, but they failed miserably to deliver that premise at all. It's a shame really.
Having Jun Ji-Hyun and Ji Chang-Wook as the main casts ain't gonna save this garbage.
1 star rating from me.
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the fog that never lifts
there's a difference between disappearing and dissolving. when someone dies of old age, illness, accident they disappear. they vanish from the world all at once and leave a hole in the exact shape of the person they were. but when someone is executed for having the wrong thoughts, for dreaming of a different world, for daring to imagine that person doesn't disappear. they dissolve. they become fog. they become the air other people breathe without knowing where it came from.the film follows one impossible week in the life of a girl who traveled to taipei to retrieve her brother's body. but what chen yu-hsun understands and this is what separates a good film from a film that stays with you is that the body was never the point. the body is just the reason yue leaves home. what she finds along the way is something else entirely: a world that punishes memory, that charges you for the right to grieve, that turns mourning into bureaucracy and pain into a fee. taipei isn't a city in this film. it's a system. and the system has no interest in letting you hold onto who you lost.
but people find a way. they always do. chao kung-tao is proof of that a broken man who still extends his hand, not out of pure kindness but for the most human reason possible: he's been in the hole before and he knows what it feels like. the connection between the two of them isn't pretty or clean. it's necessary. and necessity, in this film, is worth more than anything.
fifty years later yue is still looking. not for her brother she knows where he is. she's looking for the week she survived, the man who helped her survive it, the version of herself that held the watch with both hands and kept walking even without knowing where she was going. trauma doesn't go away. it just learns to live inside you quietly.
the fog never lifts. but with time you learn to see through it.
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SO UNHINGED LIKEE
okay so this movie had me absolutely LOSING it the whole time. the ml was giving such unhinged autistic energy like bro has never had a normal conversation in his life and i was EATING it up. Their whole vibe was 2 'smart' idiots learning to communicate for their life. IT WAS MESSY BUT I LOVED IT. The studying scenes where she tryna be normal and he's just existing loudly, following her like a little puppy and the way he pulls a Spider-Man to jump anywhere had me on the floor. but the FINAL SCENE?? girl really said "i cant hit ball to save my life but i CAN and WILL launch myself at this man's mouth with sniper precision" like PLS the physics were not physicsing the way she literally FLEW to kiss him it had me cracking ONGG. she was out here doing olympic-level mouth targeting while failing basic P.E.The side characters were also unginged like no one literally NO ONE was normal in this movie except for the cousin - a bit ig. I'd rewatch it anyday if I just wanna have a disastrous laugh
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Poon! Like literally just why?
Okay so first things first. This movie didn’t attract me by the cover or name. And had I watched sooner if i knew it was thai. I'm no new audience to thai entertainment, but thai movies are an exception. I just run after Hollywood horrors.So when i saw Poon in the cast list 👀
I knew i had to give it a try!!
Cause? ........
Hell yeah bruhh your sis right here who just burned down the house while making a cake (almost) is a freaky sneaky .... ting ting ting.....
Guessed right ✅️ A BL FANNNNNNNNNN
so when i say i can watch all the movies with bl actors casted in them... I'm not kidding.
So yesterday I thought to give this movie a try cause I shot every other interesting looking horror on hotstar. And this one was free so ... why not?
Finally getting started with the review after my yapping (sorry 😔)
Okay so I watched this movie for Poon.
[Poon is a thai actor under gmmtv, a bl actor who worked in perfect 10. Liners with Perth and in my romance scammer with Ohm and in we are with Marc]
Yeah for the 3rd time 🙄 sorry
I watched it for him only to realize in the very few minutes that HE IS DEAD!!! Great 👍
Then i thought yeah he'd probably be the ghost sure why not.. right?...
Again! No!!
The only camera work and appearance he had was of his character named Mac with just the pictures!!!!.. atleast they shoud have shown the backstory. But then the story wasn’t even about him like not even the slightest. He was just there to distract the plot and build a disturbing plot hole.
So yeah this part was sad.
But anyways what's more unsettling to me is his character Mac had incest with his sister. If you don't know...just Google it like I did.
That was disturbing for me.
The main character who could be the savior, died. Like just died literally? In sleep? On the day before ceremony ?? Of all days?.
The acting of Mink was really good. I could genuinely feel the creepiness and jumpscares when she was on camera.
I'm looking forward to watching more of her works.
Noi's character had a good depth but left me messy . Maybe she was just too guilty.
Also Wiroj and his ancestral line?.. i don't get that part.
Like the story had so many links interlinked. The ancestral curse, the incest between siblings, the faith of Ba yan and also at the end it was like nothing? No godess just empty faith? So many spirits caught her without any purpose? The stroy was overall on faith and deeds. But i think instead of so many small confusing dots they could have chosen a single plot twist. Like Nim not actually dying and Ba yan's energy actually saving everyone. Or even without god they could have saved someone.
Everyone just died. Like that.
Also i couldn't understand why Manit's wife opened the door. Like the cameraman actually showed us her baby sleeping in the crib. Why'd she do that. Was that intentional or was she possessed?
Weird thing is ' the cameraman never dies '... didn't work here. The cameraman/men actually ended up dying. Like all of them...brutally.
I enjoyed it regardless of how little i could understand.
Ofcourse I'm no expert i just enjoy watching horror and bl.. so combined.. boom.
It was a good one for sure might watch it again with friends. The culture, faith, happening, quite similar to indian culture. Can relate.
Half way through the story and I was thinking to watch it with family or cousins. But then the cctv clip...AHEMm... Hell nah bruh. Glad i watched it alone.
But would surely watch it with my cousin sisters on some movie might.
Overall you can give it a try. Some might actually like it. But atleast give it a one time watch.
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A bit disappointing
İ understand the hype but does it really deserves all that?İ mean the movie is good, but not up to expectations, in it's core it's quite simple and not very unique.
The first 30 mins are the slowest ever, in case you didn't feel interested in whatever is going to happen or feel attracted to the characters in any way possible, you'll have to go through the next trivial 30 mins to have a total 1 hour of a "could be better" story.
The next chapter however, or the second part of it, this is where things started to get lively and engaging, the unexpected surprise. Be that as it may, I was lost during some parts of it despite being really captivated, i couldn't understand who is the ghost, who is the spirit and how is that related to the original corpse and why the Japanese guy is was there and what exactly is going on and why is he still there, why do the guy want to kill his offsprings and what's the point? A bunch of confused questions, i later found the answers for some of them but it was like whatever fits the narrative.
Maybe because i don't know enough about these korean shenanigans, but the way they ended it was very anticlimactic and disappointing.
You are telling me I can pee on a wooden stick and slap this hulk with it and he is gone? Alright next time i visit a grave in SK I'll make sure to bring a stick and drink a lot of water, just in case.
I know it's not as ridiculous but it's liquid and wood...
Overall, i guess it wasn't for me, I'm definitely not the targeted audience so aside from acting this was very meh!
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like 50first dates and 20th Century girl had a baby.
sucker punch incoming. Did you enjoy fifty first dates with drew Barrymore? Did you endure 20th Century girl with the DL from My Demon ? Did you ever wish you could blend the two into a warm fuzzies film that morphs Shakespearean leaving you feeling à dystopian gutted feeling because gosh darn it you need to get some feelings out and dealt with? if you crave an ottoke catharsis, this is for you. how is this not five hundred characters yet? let me post already. I didn’t say what happened right? So it is not spoilery if the title says even if this love disappears overnight. end essay.Was this review helpful to you?
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A Sharp, Uncomfortable Mirror of Power, Politics, and the Filipino Psyche
Quezon completes Jerrold Tarog's Bayaniverse trilogy in spectacular fashion, trading the battlefields of Heneral Luna and Goyo for the ruthless arena of Philippine politics. Rather than presenting Manuel L. Quezon as a flawless national hero, the film tears down the mythology and reveals a brilliant, ambitious, manipulative, and deeply human politician whose pursuit of power often clashes with his ideals.Jericho Rosales delivers a commanding performance, while Romnick Sarmenta, Mon Confiado, Karylle, Cris Villanueva, Sue Prado, and Iain Glen provide excellent support. The dialogue is sharp, the pacing engaging, and the film's satirical edge makes its political commentary feel surprisingly contemporary.
What makes Quezon stand out is how relevant it feels. The media manipulation, election theatrics, personality politics, and empty promises depicted on screen could easily be mistaken for today's headlines. Tarog once again refuses to offer simple heroes or villains, presenting politics as a messy game where everyone has something to gain and no one remains entirely innocent.
Visually impressive and packed with strong performances, Quezon succeeds as both a historical drama and a biting political satire. While its portrayal of Quezon can feel overwhelmingly critical at times and some historical liberties may divide audiences, the film's willingness to challenge long-held narratives makes it compelling viewing.
More than a biography, Quezon is a mirror held up to the Philippines—past and present. Thought-provoking, uncomfortable, and timely, it's one of the year's strongest Filipino films and a fitting conclusion to Tarog's remarkable trilogy.
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Love Beyond Words
Mumu begins on a deeply emotional note, immediately establishing the harsh reality of how easily society can take advantage of those who are hearing impaired. The film centers around Xiao Ma and his daughter Mumu, whose lives are thrown into turmoil when Mumu’s mother, Xiao Jing, suddenly returns with the intention of suing for custody in order to take their daughter away.Faced with the possibility of losing Mumu, Xiao Ma becomes desperate to prove that he is capable of providing a stable life for his daughter. The film does an excellent job portraying how pressure, fear, and love can push someone into making morally questionable decisions. While the agreement made between Xiao Ma and Xiao Jing is understandable from an emotional standpoint, it does not excuse how poorly the situation was handled. Xiao Jing’s feelings of loneliness and emotional isolation are valid, especially after spending years feeling disconnected and unsupported, but her actions fail to consider the emotional impact her sudden return would have on both Xiao Ma and Mumu.
After finally securing a job, Xiao Ma becomes involved in an incident that forces him into increasingly dangerous and degrading work in order to afford legal fees. His desperation blinds him to the consequences of his actions, and the film powerfully highlights how vulnerable hearing-impaired individuals can become in environments where others are willing to manipulate and exploit them. One of the film’s strongest aspects is how it portrays communication barriers. The interpreters may relay conversations, but those who can hear often fully grasp the hidden severity and manipulation behind certain situations, while Xiao Ma is left vulnerable and uncertain.
The movie beautifully captures silent moments of fear, hesitation, and emotional conflict through expressions alone. Even when Xiao Ma senses something is wrong, desperation outweighs caution because his only focus is keeping his daughter. Tragically, it is only after a devastating accident that he fully realizes the damage caused by his choices. By then, it is too late. Mumu, understanding everything her father sacrificed and the dangerous path he had gone down, ultimately chooses to live with her mother, not because she loves her father less, but because she wants to protect him from destroying himself further.
What makes the film especially emotional is that neither parent is portrayed as truly malicious. Instead, both Xiao Ma and Xiao Jing are emotionally blind in different ways. Xiao Ma becomes so consumed with keeping his daughter by his side that he ignores the consequences of his decisions, while Xiao Jing focuses solely on reclaiming Mumu without fully understanding the pain of separating a father and daughter who have grown together for years. Their actions come from love, but also from selfish desperation and emotional tunnel vision.
Fortunately, both characters eventually receive the wake-up call they desperately need. Xiao Ma finally acknowledges the mistakes he made, while Xiao Jing realizes that simply taking Mumu away does not automatically create a better life for her. The emotional growth of both parents gives the film its strongest and most heartfelt moments.
Since the story is largely told from Mumu’s point of view, the film does contain certain misalignments and moments where some details do not fully add up. However, this approach ultimately makes sense within the context of the narrative. Much of what is shown feels like fragmented childhood memories recalled from Mumu’s perspective at a young age, where emotions and significant moments are remembered more clearly than exact details or logical consistency. This storytelling choice adds a layer of realism to the film, making it feel less like a perfectly structured retelling and more like an emotional recollection of painful events from a child’s memory.
Ultimately, Mumu is a beautifully emotional story about love, sacrifice, and communication beyond spoken words. The film emphasizes that deep parental love and emotional understanding do not require sound to be profoundly felt. It also serves as a reminder for those who can hear to appreciate something so easily taken for granted.
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50 first days goes sad, teen Asia
This movie takes amnesia and instead of laughing at it or turning it in to comedy it makes it relatable human and full of teen cuteness. It is in no means perfect but I do believe I shed a real tear which is kind of rare for me making me instantly rate this a bit higher.Pacing is good, acting good, friendships are lovely and the character development and puppylove well cute as puppies.
A decent watch, just mind the tears and pain.
Also I have not seen the J version, my gut says it is probably better but I couldn't find it...
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Raw, violent, dark but also beautiful!
I must be honest, i didn't read anything about this film, before i started watching it. I saw it in my BL watchlist and just went in blind. With that title, i expected a very ligt music BL, but oh how wrong i was....This movie is raw, violent and dark, but!! it is also very beautifull!
I see people mentioning that they don't understand the ending, but that ending was very clear to me.
The visuals were good, the music had some good songs, but also a lot of anoying music during some scenes.
The acting was so good and the mains had good chemistry and a good kiss and NC scene.
I really recommend watching this movie, but hold it mind that it is violent and dark.
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1Plot written in bullet points.
Why did it feel like chatgpt writing? Nothing was explained, nothing was developed, nothing was truly connected. What happened? Why it happened? Don’t know. Sometimes it’s fine, but only when the horror does not pretend to have a plot, but here - they tried to fool me.They gave me nothing except for a decent set up. But I feel like I only have bullet points of who the characters are, what’s the background, and what the plot is about - not a full narrative structure. Female lead with trauma - why, when, how? Senior with unexplained past and motives. Granny with vague goals and even more vague past. Rules of the supernatural that no one understands and cares to explore. Ending that kind of makes sense, but also feels not satisfying at all.
They had the cast and they had the budget, so what happened? It’s 2026 - lake lady with long black hair is not enough anymore. With all the innovative takes and twists in the genre you cannot give bare minimum and be happy with the result.
They tried to make it more fresh with camera work, but some ideas were ill-fitting. That fish lens bird view not only made me feel nauseous, but also it fitted more for a kids movie adventure type of a story.
The performances were good, but the writing for the characters was a mess. Example: Han Su In one second be acting like a true skeptic who only believes what she sees, to then be the first one to act paranoid because of the supernatural events.
Maybe I saw too many horrors in my life, but this one was simply below the average. There were two moments I did enjoy - both in the lake with the ghost attacking/trapping/hunting the characters down. Effective scares, too bad the story itself created zero tension.
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Worth Another watch
Theme was unique on its own, though the 'transport and wake up' part is similar to an English movie, overall the story makes you want to see it more. Movie felt too short for me and could have been a few episodes longer, though I guess this - not enough is what's enough to want more but more would probably be cringe, who knows. The setup's in the dream were great and fun plus the effects which makes it fun instead of bloody. Dylan and Victoria, they're like a son and mother duo, a hyper kid and a serious mother, maybe caused by their position as well in the story. I liked Dylan's banter with the AI, they're like siblings, trying to irritate the other. I like how it started like it's going to be a fun show but got serious, then even serious as it goes.Was this review helpful to you?
