LKFF 2018: Cho Kyu-Jang’s THE WITNESS Testifies With An Incriminating Look At Humanity
Jump scares are aplenty going forward without much overkill as director Cho Kyu-jang assures his viewers in an ample first fifteen minutes of his latest summer pic, The Witness. Next to its intriguing introduction, the film wastes no time immersing you in the dark world of our antagonist as his latest victim runs for her life in the dark of night only to end up beaten to death on a residential block – her killer quick to spot who’s watching. The post-opener sets our film hours before the deadly incident, introducing Sang-Hoon, an ordinary office worker just celebrating the purchase of his home in Gwacheon. Coming home with a drunken stupor, he’s slow to notice the faint, albeit audible cries for help coming from several floors below, just outside his building. A woman is suddenly beaten to death by a baseball cap-wearing killer with a hammer, and while he’s instinctive […]
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