Vashirdfel Simply A Masterpiece

Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic

Brainsbell The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

Roman Sampson One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

mukhdarab This movie was very tense and sary. The mystery throughout it all kept me hooked. It got me into Korean movies.

surfandski-1 I Can't believe the high ratings about this movie. The direction is horrific, the acting is even worse and after sitting through 2h11m of what could have been at least a rescuable story it is destroyed by and ending that is sooo bad your tv might not survive your remote smashing into it. Do yourself a favor and skip this crap

bendres-04329 In Memories of Murder, Bong Joon Ho makes the audience feel the uncertainty and frightfullness the characters feel. This film has everything, with commentary on human nature to Korean politics. The directing and cinematography is absolutely beautiful, giving many shots of our main characters together in frame to show both their differences and similarities. The story is gripping all throughout, giving every character an arc, and the ending is absolutely astounding, if not all that satisfying. Bong Joon Ho put in years of work and it completely shows in this film.

grantss 1986. In a rural district of South Korea, two women have been recently raped and murdered. Working on the case are detectives Park Doo-man and Cho Yong-koo. Their efforts are impeded by some sloppy crime scene procedure by the police. Their methods of solving cases are also quite basic, essentially amounting to beating confessions out of suspects. All this leads to nothing and the police chief brings in a more sophisticated and intelligent detective from Seoul, Seo Tae-yoon. With his arrival the methods improve but they still don't have the killer. Then another woman is found murdered and a pattern emerges...Gripping drama from writer-director Joon-ho Bong. Intriguing from the start, and the intrigue ramps the more you get into it. Gritty, realistic and certainly doesn't glamorize detective work - so many red herrings and dead ends!Quite funny at times too. The methods of the local detectives are sometimes very farcical and the director makes the most of these moments of comedy.Very powerful and thought-provoking ending. As with the remainder of the plot, not at all predictable or formulaic.Solid performances, especially from the two leads, Kang-ho Song and Sang-kyung Kim.