Films ☆ 초능력자 / Haunters (2010)

Another Korean film that captured my interest during my two-month blogging hiatus was the 2010 film 초능력자 or Haunters/Psychic, an action-drama thriller which tells the story of a man who can control people’s minds and actions with his eyes and his unexpected meeting with a man whose mind he cannot penetrate however hard he tried.

Haunters stars two of the hottest, most talented Korean actors I’ve ever come across, and what a heavenly pair they make. Kang Dongwon plays Cho In, a vengeful young man blessed (or cursed) with the ability to control people’s minds just by looking at them, taking advantage of this skill for his personal gain. Meanwhile, there’s kind-hearted Im Kyunam living a very simple life, played by Go Soo. When Cho In crosses paths with Kyunam, the unexpected happens, as the former discovers that there exists someone who he can never control.

Films ☆ 아저씨 / A Man From Nowhere (2010)

During my two-month absence from this blog, I had been able to watch several wonderful Korean movies I haven’t seen before, and I thought that it would be nice to share them with you just in case you’re in need of a K-movie fix one of these days. Today, I’m going to talk about one of the most awesome K-movies I’ve seen in a long while called 아저씨 or A Man From Nowhere which stars the devastatingly gorgeous Won Bin.

In this film, Won Bin plays Cha Taeshik, a mysterious man of very little words who runs a small pawnshop in a small residential district (most probably in Seoul, but I can’t be too sure) where he forms a bond with little girl named Somee (effectively played by child actress Kim Saeron), whose mother’s (Kim Hyoseo) drug addiction sparks this film’s conflict. This innocent connection between Taeshik and Somee becomes a violent journey when Somee and her mother are kidnapped by an organ-trafficking syndicate, and Taeshik takes it upon himself to bring both of them back alive.