lim kyoung tack

Trigger Warning: This review discusses rape, bullying and sexual abuse. Actress Li Si-Young’s latest exposure to Western audiences now lies in Lim Kyoung-Tack’s feature debut, No Mercy, a film that instantly drew my attention last December even as it underwent its former title, “Older Sister”. To be frank, I’m actually keen on the film being titled “Sister”, as opposed to its current title in order to appeal more commercially to consumers – I get the reason for the change though there’s nothing major to complain about here. What does matter is how the film sells itself from start to finish. We cut to a prelude of our heroine already behind the wheel of a car as she speeds to her next destination before confronting a mechanic, bareing the very image we see on the film’s official poster – the red dress, red heels and dragging a boss-level sledgehammer which she […]

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