I can not stop thinking about this nightmare of a drama I binged over Thanksgiving - The King of Pigs. Long story short it’s about horrific bullying amongst middle school boys - and the ripple effect on all their lives, perpetrators, bystanders, and victims. It’s about memory, repression, the human desire to see yourself in a good light, perspective, delusion, and denial. It’s about classism. But mostly it’s about trauma.
I remember what stuck with me most when reading the book My Dark Vanessa - was the young girl’s unwillingness to see herself as the victim. And I got it then - because self preservation insisted she keep the broken frame of first love rather than acknowledge she was a sexually abused and emotionally manipulated.
In a similar vein, the main character of The King of Pigs created a narrative in his head that he couldn’t let go of. It was the most tragically middle school scenario too - something that could only stick to the mind of someone very young and very hurt. And that’s what was so frustrating about it - because as an adult you could see how hard he was struggling to maintain it - even though his adult brain would surely tear it to shreds if he examined it for even a moment - and so he refused. He closed down like a trap to keep it out.
It was so sad. And horrible. And I really appreciated the show for not giving an inch. It was excruciating until the very last scene. The victims of abuse had found moments, days, years even of happiness and peace - but always lingering around the edges. A bad dream away.
The other leading male was in the same boat - caught in his mind. Stuck in the philosophical quandary of violence. Can there be justice when there is no remorse? And if there is no remorse, is it justice then to attempt to give peace to the victims in some way? What will appease them? These are questions we still struggle to answer, collectively, as a species.
Anyways - it’s violent and gruesome and extremely triggering and I’m not sure I would recommend it… but I got a lot out of it.
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Dear Child’ Revealed: The Final Twist, Killer And Jasmin’s Brillant Scheme Unveiled
Netflix’s ‘Dear Child’ as ‘Liebes Kind’ portrays a grim story of escaping a woman from custody and her connection to an unanswered missing person case who were 13 years ago. Depending on the book by Romy Hausmann of a similar name, the series stars ‘Kim Riedle’as ‘Lena’ who was a woman, found fleeing from the kidnapper when she was occupied in an awful accident.
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Finished watching Through the Darkness which I thoroughly enjoyed. Korea's answer to Mindhunter ( which they reference in the series) and follows the story of Koreas 1st Behavioural Analyst team and profiler based on the true story. If you need a good serial killer drama I recommend this!
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Movie Review: The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil
As a fan of actor Ma Dong-seok, whose previous works include stellar performances in films like “Train to Busan,” “Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds,” and “Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days,” I had high hopes for “The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil.” Fortunately, this gritty Korean thriller did not disappoint.
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Korean Thriller Series ‘Bargain’ All set to Land on Paramount+
Korean thriller series Bargain is all set to premiere on Pramount+ outside of South Korea in 2023. The news about the series coming to the streaming service was announced by the company on Friday. Bargain will be the second Korean series to come to Paramount+, in the overall deal of Paramount and the Seoul-based production house CJ ENM.
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6 Horror and Thriller Asian / International Movies Reccomendations:
Helter Skelter (2012 Japanese Movie, directed by Mika Ninagawa)
Love Exposure (2008 Japanese Movie, directed by Sion Sono)
Battle Royale (2000 Japanese Movie, directed by Kinji Fukasaku)
A Tale Of Two Sisters (2003 Korean Movie, directed by Jee-Woon Kim)
Kill Bill (2003 American - Japanese Movie, directed by Quentin Tarantino)
Audition (1999 Japanese Movie, directed by Takashi Miike)
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