No. Light moments to provide relief, yes. They were country bumpkins and so

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In Reply to: There were more hammy cliched performances than in a Jackie Chan movie (nt) posted by Doug Flynn on April 6, 2011 at 16:07:48:

they were played. You think American police don't rough up suspects?
The key players were very good. The chief detective, the on-loan detective from Seoul, the suspect--- all perfectly played. And the direction? Magnificent master class in tension-building w/out resorting to hackneyed techniques, ultra-violence. SPOILER
Most importantly, no super cop bullshit to solve the case, possibly a first in the genre. The ending was unexpected and brilliant.
Jackie Chan? I saw no wonder-cops whippin' up on dozens of extras or anything of the kind. I did see a cop with serious problems, a guy who was depicted as a fuck-up, who regularly beat and mistreated suspects to elicit a confession. Perhaps you have a problem with Koreans using martial arts, in general.

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Topic - 2003's, "Memories of Murder:" truly a masterpiece of the horror/crime genre, not surpassed by - tinear 16:41:06 04/05/11 (6)

It was too hammy and slapstick for my liking (nt) - Doug Flynn 00:06:55 04/06/11 (3)

There were moments of hilarity to make a break in the abject horror. "Hammy?" What - tinear 14:22:45 04/06/11 (2)

There were more hammy cliched performances than in a Jackie Chan movie (nt) - Doug Flynn 16:07:48 04/06/11 (1)

No. Light moments to provide relief, yes. They were country bumpkins and so - tinear 19:03:42 04/07/11 (0)

Saw it a year ago....you are prone to hyprerbole. It was okay. * - mr grits 22:57:45 04/05/11 (1)

Hardly. You're prone to liking trash. The film garnered many top honors. Many. nt - tinear 07:58:02 04/06/11 (0)

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No. Light moments to provide relief, yes. They were country bumpkins and so - tinear 19:03:42 04/07/11 (0)

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