J.S.A. - Joint Security Area
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In Theaters : 2000
DVD Release : 12 July, 2005 |
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Reveals little of what was to come.
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JSA: Joint Security Area (Chan-wook Park, 2000)
Chan-wook Park and Yeong-Ae Lee, who teamed up for the memorable Lady Vengeance a couple of years ago, first got together in 2000 for JSA, a conventional, if beautifully-shot, murder mystery.
The story: a South Korean soldier, Lee So-hyeok (Hero's Byung-Hyun Lee), stumbles across the border between North and South Korea, leaving the bodies of two dead North Korean soldiers, with another gravely wounded. The NNSC, who controls the Joint Security Area set up between the two nations, calls in Swiss investigator Sophie Jean (Yeong-Ae Lee) to figure out what actually happened, since no one's stories add up. As Jean gets closer to the truth, things get more and more wildly improbable, and those close to the case start using more extreme measures to prevent her getting at the truth.
JSA is not, unlike Park's more recent efforts, a great film. There are even some who have posited, despite the film's numerous awards, that it's not even a good film. I certainly wouldn't go that far, though there are a few times when the pacing of the film (which can be described sporadically as glacial) tried my patience. The acting is often competent at best, which doesn't help when the pace is reduced to just plodding along. What redeems the movie, to some extent at least, is that it's quite nice to look at. While you're waiting for the plot to start up again or for some decent acting to come along, you can always look at the scenery. ** A
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