Revenge is one of the big trends in Korean cinema. In previous decades, the inclination of the market to produce gory thrilling movies about vengeance has triumphed to capturing a great part of the Asian world and international audiences as well.
The rising popularity of South Korean cinema is no coincidence. The visceral way to portrait murder versus the morals behind those actions allows for empathizing and even justifying a character’s life decision. That double standard is the very contradiction of human nature.
There is a dark side in every one of us. Whether we want to admit it or not, vengeance is a feeling we can relate to. But what happens when you get what you desire and it’s not enough anymore? When you cross a line and it cannot be drawn again? When you become the orchestrator of your own destruction?
Such is the motivation of some characters in South Korean films whose search for revenge is very tight to a sort of righteousness behind his or her actions, no matter how extreme the consequences might be. In order to restore balance they must accomplish their vengeance to be able to transcend to a new level of existence.
In the list below are the finest examples of “revenge cinema” of South Korea with great names such as Park Chan-wook, Kim Ki-duk, Jee-woon Kim, Bong Joon-ho, among others. All succeeded in creating believable stories full of drama that go straight to the human core, and where the ultimate quest for vengeance will force them to confront their own demons: once a killer, always a killer.
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