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Posted by GPR79 on 09/05/05 16:34
FS: Today's Specials - Ong-Bak R4 2-disc £11 & Memories Of Murder R3 DTS
£5
Ong-Bak - R4 2-Disc UNCUT
Cover: http://www.boomspeed.com/gpr79/781174.jpg
Tony Jaa is the long overdue answer to Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan" -Time
Magazine.
"To fight for the honour of his village, he must unleash the ancient art
of Muay Thai.
In a poor village in rural Thailand the Nong Pra-du temple houses the
sacred statue of Ong Bak. The villagers believe that Ong Bak has magical
powers that keep them safe and prosperous. One night, former villager
Don cuts off and steals the head of Ong Bak to gain favor with crime
boss Khom Tuan.
Without the head of Ong Bak- the village will fall into ruin. All hopes
for survival now rest on the shoulders of orphan villager Ting- a
reluctant but gifted Muay Thai boxer who must travel to the seedy
streets of Bangkok and fight for the life of his village.
Ong Bak contains the most devastating martial arts ever filmed. No
wires, no stunt doubles, no CGI - just the awesome power of martial arts
newest master- Tony Jaa."
Special Features:
Over 3 hours of extras!
2 Ong Bak Features: French Theatrical cut AND Thai uncut versions
Making of Ong Bak
'Born For The Fight' Thai Boxing Documentary
Cast and Crew interviews
Fight Rehearsals
Special Muay Thai fight moves
and more!
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Memories Of Murder - HK R3 Korean DTS
Cover: http://www.boomspeed.com/gpr79/MoM.jpg
directed by Bong Joon-Ho
South Korea 2003
An excellent film that will make you wonder why you've wasted so much
time watching hollywood tripe!
"In October 1986, a woman was found in a ditch, raped and strangled in
her own stocking, and was the first of a total of ten women murdered
over the period of 1986 to 1991 in the rural Gyeonggi Province in South
Korea, by the first recorded serial killer in Korean history. To this
day the crimes remains unsolved.
Director Bong Joon-ho, "Barking Dogs never Bite" and "JSA", was
fascinated with the circumstances of both the crime and the
investigation, and after having researched original case files and news
clippings, turned the case into a film. Bong chooses to approach the
story from an investigative point of view, showing how the case
initially was muddled by inexperienced rural detectives and the
conflicts between them and the outsider, in form of the professional
murder detective from Seoul, before they join forces and actually make
progress.
The centre conflict is between Park, the local detective who normally
solves cases by beating up suspects and whose idea of locating a rapist
consists of him spending time at the local bath looking at the size of
mens penises, and the outside from Seoul, Seo, who solves crimes by
forensics and reconstructing crime scenes. Only slowly does Park realise
that his methods lead nowhere and join forces with Seo, only to realises
that the killer leaves no real traces or clues. The investigation causes
more and more frustration and its only a matter of time before the
detectives break under the pressure.
Bong uses the political background of South Korea at the time, the
military dictatorship by Chun Doo-hwan, to stress the situation further,
but also to establish a time reference. A narrative strength, it also is
a potential weakness, as it can seem disruptive and be seen as a
political comment thrown in the midst of a murder drama, especially if
one has "JSA" fresh in mind. The way Bong chooses to tell the story,
beginning with a relative loose structure and tightens it up, as the
investigations gets on its way. As such, the last 30 minutes are
stunning and very intense. A narrative gamble, which pays off.
A special mentioning of Song Kang-Ho, who delivers one hell of a
performance, as a detective without any real intelligence, who realises
his own shortcomings and who actually begins to think as a detective at
the end. Song also stars in "JSA" and in Park Chan-Wook's "No Sympathy
for Mr. Vengeance".
It is refreshing to see this sort of murder story, when everything else
we watch today is high-tech FBI / CSI investigatory, where killers are
caught because they left a fragment of a skin cell on the victim. Very
few contemporary murder stories deal with the frustration of the
investigator and thus the human aspect of investigating a serial killer.
The only other film I can think of is the overlooked HBO masterpiece
Citizen X. As such, Memories of Murder is a haunting study of men
reaching their breaking point. A great film."
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