Sunday, July 14, 2013
Financial porn
Korean moviemakers excel at a kind of melodrama which depicts the depravities of the super rich in a way that allows us peasants to enjoy the scenery while feeling superior.
Today's film was one such luscious example. Im Sang Soo's
A young salary-man for a super rich family gets drawn into business and sexual (the line is thin) intrigues and finds that everything costs more than you think.
We, on the other hand, get to watch his extremely handsome self get taken in while tut tutting through every step.
I make it sound distasteful but this is anything but. It is a rich and mind-blowing visit to another world. Well done.
Kim Kang-woo plays the role of the skillful executive assistant to the head of a small family clan. Or the seeming head. He is simply a great and charismatic presence. A hero. Even a moral center in a world of corruption. Until he gets "a taste of money". Actually, in the second or third scene, in the family safe.
It is a bit trashy but in a good way and the maudlin ending leaves a bad taste, just a bit. But it is well worth watching and I am glad that I did.
An easy 3 out of Netflix5. The film does not ask to be seen again. It delivers the first time and leaves a small bonus in our heads for our service in watching.
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