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The Beast 비스트 (Biseuse) (2019) - South Korea Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia) Help us continue to cover more Asian and Martial Art films by making a donation to Neo Film Blog below. In depicting moral values, corruption and total destruction of the humanity, director Jung-ho Lee crafted the intense thriller “The Beast” into a dystopia. Remaking the French corruption thriller, Lee manages to bring new life into the genre with insightful details on costs of rising the ranks within Korean society, internal and external politics in the cops world and how the underprivileged will forever be grounded in...

Money 돈 (Don) (2019) - South Korea Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia) Help us continue to cover more Asian and Martial Art films by making a donation to Neo Film Blog below. Billed as the “Wolf of Wall Street” in Korea, “Money” directed by Park Noo-ri, shows precisely the same message of greed, wealth and ultimately fraud and unmistakable crimes. Stock brokering and market manipulation comes hand in hand in this coming of age crime thriller starring rising star Ryu Jun-yeol (“Reply 1988”) as the young graduate rising to fame, wealth and high society through engaging in illegal activities, scams, offshore...

Grass 풀잎들 (2018) - South Korea Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia) Help us continue to cover more Asian and Martial Art films by making a donation to Neo Film Blog below. Filmed entirely in black and white in the now well established auteur Hong Sang Soo’s signature style. “Glass” premiered at the 68th Berlin Film Festival runs at a little over 66 minutes portrays an ensemble of characters chatting and going about their complicated lives captured at a quiet and isolated alleyway cafe in Seoul. Seated in the corner as the observer of the whole proceedings is Hong’s regular...

Little Forest (2018) - South Korea   Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia) Help us continue to cover more Asian and Martial Art films by making a donation to Neo Film Blog below. One of the most important female Korean director in the new wave is Yim Soon-rye and “Little Forest” sums up the little movie with a big heart perfectly. It is the simpler thing in life that truly matters and finding out who we are and what we wanted to do with our lives. It’s a process of appreciation of the smaller things in life and like quote...

Parasite (2019) - South Korea Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia) Help us continue to cover more Asian and Martial Art films by making a donation to Neo Film Blog below. One of the best films of the year comes in the form of “Parasite” from veteran South Korean director Bong Joon-ho. With all hype around the film and the additional Oscar buzz, “Parasite” delivers as a highly entertaining and engaging affair that grapple you with laughs, social commentary and plenty of black comedy situations. It’s a classic act and a pure example of perfect filmmaking and an ensemble cast...