... (stunned silence)

Rating: 10/10 (2 September 2004)

Inspired, disgusting, moving, exciting, funny, sick, tortuous, exhilarating, unbelievable.
I could dredge every adjective in my vocabulary and it still wouldn't come close to describing the effect this movie had. Not so much an emotional roller-coaster as an emotional mugging, Chan-wook Park's hits the force of a brick through a church window and is just as likely to ruffle feathers. Like it, love it or loath it this a movie that will inspire a reaction in even the most jaded cinephile. It's cinema at its most (e)visceral, blasting away the cobwebs (and competition) with a one-two punch of adrenalin and audaciousness that no movie since City of God has managed.
No plot synopsis, no standouts, no criticism and no spoilers. Just go see it and spread the word.