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nerve wracking and mind blowing

Rating: 4.6/5 stars

Forgotten is a cinematic masterpiece that takes you on a rollercoaster ride of emotions. Its plot is so rich and intricate that it could easily be the foundation for a gripping drama series. The numerous plot twists are unexpected and mind-blowing, keeping you on the edge of your seat throughout the film.

The narrative is psychologically satisfying, with hints of suspicion subtly planted throughout the movie, such as the protagonist's pill-taking habit. The pacing is well executed, starting steady, and then fluctuating, mirroring the emotional turmoil of the characters. The climax, where both main characters meet their end, is a poignant reflection of their shared pain and trauma.

The film's aesthetics are noteworthy, particularly the use of lighting to distinguish between reality and memories. The colorful, vibrant lighting of the memories contrasts sharply with the dark, grim reality, enhancing the impact of the plot.

Forgotten isn't just a thrilling suspense movie; it also delves into serious themes such as crimes committed out of desperation and unsolved cold cases. It's a movie that turns its viewers into detectives, encouraging them to piece together the clues and unravel the mystery.

The acting in this film is commendable. The cast delivers high emotion scenes with intensity and brings subtlety to the quieter moments. Their performances contribute significantly to the overall impact of the film.

This movie is a must-watch for fans of dark-themed movies and psychologically twisted films. It's a thrilling, suspenseful, and horrifying journey that hooks you from start to finish. Forgotten truly deserves all the praise it receives. It's a film that leaves a lasting impression and earns a well-deserved rating of 4.6 out of 5 stars from me.

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Acting was crucial in this drama

I truly love the acting of Kim Ji Woong and Yoon Seo Bin. And they are the only reason I watched this BL drama. Their acting, the chemistry between them is incredible, definitly worth watching.

But the whole story... the script. thats just not it. I will definitely describe it as trashy...

of course it's just my opinion. But if it wasn't for the actors I would dedinitely drop it and didn't watch till the end of the movie.

I am definitely not a fan of the "vampire" conception presented in this drama ... And I truly hate the way it ended.

But if you love Ji Woong or/and Yoon Seo-bin then it's worth watching for them.

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Can't believe I watched this bcuz of a reel

The worst movie I've ever watched but considering the year it came out I didn't rate it strictly (if it wasn't a movie I wouldn't definitely dropped it even before finishing ep1)
I was going to put 2.5 but made it 4 since I like the main cast and considering the fact that this movie was released before I was born so I couldn't judge it objectively
The only things I liked about it are : The ML who still looks the same as if he aged at once then stopped. Then the FL who looks so cute here NO MORE NO LESS
Anyway I don't recommend it to people who don't like old movies like me

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O tema tinha muito potencial

O filme é interessante e prende a atenção, é realmente assustador pensar que isso pode acontecer, não da forma como retratam no filme, contudo, não é algo muito distante da realidade. Ainda assim, eu acho que faltou mais coragem e ousadia no roteiro. Conhecendo o cinema sul coreano, eu sei que eles poderiam ter ido muito mais longe. Claro que toda a situação causa um grande desconforto no telespectador e é isso que guia a trama, porém as possibilidades eram bem maiores, não entendo porquê não foram além, aqui eles nos entregaram uma obra que é apenas boa e eu sinto que tinha potencial para ser muito mais. Destaque para a atuação do Yim Si Wan, esse ator é insano.

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A brave citizen saves

Its a good movie, I heard that it comes from a true story that is why I decided to watched it plus Mi Ran iscthe lead star she's one of the good actresses in So. Korea. Deok Hee who has gone through a lot of hardship in life plus sje was victimized from a voice phising scam that took her hard earned savings. Her children werectaken away from her because she has no enough savings to sustain them. That is why she decided to solve this case to take back her money. With the help of the slayed victim of the syndicate Jae Min or what she called Mr. Son, they both worked together to capture the big boss. They managed to solved the case with the help of her friends who were just an ordinary citizen.
Very satisfying ending they managed to solved the case and brings back their normal life.

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The only thing that carried this movie is the FL acting

The 1st third of the movie felt like a fever dream and made me almost quite the whole thing. It has horrible first person camera work that leaves you dizzy, confused and board.
It took me until the last third of the movie to finally understand the plot.
The 2 thirds of the movie where good and kinda interesting but some scenes felt like they are too abstract to the point of seeming out of place.
The acting is good but the only notable performance was from the FL. SungJoon's 1st scene at the apartment was his only shinning moment, while the rest didn't even get the chance to show anything.
I liked the plot but it barely had any details, it felt like a mold written for others to fill in and make it a custom movie with the same general plot line.
A generous 7.5/10 (If it wasn't for the FL's performance, I wouldn't have given the awful camera work anything higher than 6!)

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It is all in the shades...

This is a morally ambiguous story about a naive man who moves to Hong Kong to seek a better life for himself and his girlfriend but finds himself changing as fast as the city and well... ends up taking all kinds of turns that may or may not give him and the girl a better life but also throw him on a journey of change, lust and falling in love with someone else than the girl he was supposed to seek a better life for.

There is a strange realism to this story playing with shades of morality and taking us away from the one true love many seem to adore.

Our female lead is really fun, cool and great at speaking her mind while still showcasing some kind of voulnarabilaty and the ability to keep two ideas in her head at the sam time.

There are some interesting lines and schenes that show about relativity and change.

A pretty decent film

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If not friend, why friend shaped?

This film captures the joys and sorrows of parenting when it comes to raising a special needs child. The "child" in this case is in fact a wolf that was saved as a pup. Realizing the best thing for the wolf is not raising him in the city, Li Weiyi temporarily moves to a prairie/protected sanctuary in order to rehabilitate this wolf back into wildlife, something that had not been done before. There are plenty of proud mama moments, such as teaching the wolf how to hunt and seeing just how smart he is. The biggest proud mama moment is, of course, teaching him to return to the wolves. There are a few minor flaws in the form of chaotic editing (although it was mostly chaotic good). It was filmed by an amateur director. Some scenes were probably reenacted. However, it's still very impressive considering the first few months of the story were all cut from home video footage. Also, there are some gorgeous scenic shots. Occasionally, the dialogue sounded fake or scripted. It doesn't follow the usual documentary format, so I'm hesitant to call it one. Anyway, I don't know about you, but I could watch cat and dog videos all day long. This was time well spent. No one asked, but I absolutely cried.

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Un scénario qui diffère des autres films (l’action se passant dans un train et non en pleine ville), des acteurs incroyables (Gong Yoo, Kim Soo An, Ma Dong Seok, Jung Yu Mi, Choi Woo Shik et Ahn So Hee, ayant été mes favoris au long de l’histoire), la production, tout a été tout simplement parfait. On est rapidement happé par l’histoire, la tension qui retient l’attention tout au long. J’ai vraiment adoré ce film !
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J’ai seulement maintenant prit le temps de regarder ce film, n’étant pas certaine d’aimer, et je regrette d’avoir attendu autant. J’ai vraiment aimé cette histoire, de voir cette jeune fille si seule, fuit par les autres, finalement avoir des gens qui l’approchent, doucement s’ouvrir aux autres, et également apprendre comment interagir avec eux, après avoir été isolée si longtemps. Se faire finalement de loyales amies, et la romance qui se développe doucement entre elle et Kazehaya. Je ne connais pas l’animé ou le manga, dont est tiré ce film, mais j’ai aimé le film !
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Simple, yet surprisingly entertaining.

I went into it expecting a low budget, ridiculous supernatural horror with questionable CGI and awful acting. What I’ve got was a simple yet well presented story with good acting and decent CGI.

I’m gonna say it - this is basically a supernatural horror GL. No one is going to convince me otherwise. The two main ladies were in love with each other and it could not be more apparent. While technically Mei Lin was the main character, I actually liked Yin Xing more - she was smart, loyal and badass. What more can I ask for?

The plot is exactly what the synopsis says and nothing more. They don’t add any true details to make the story more complex - you will get what you expect. That’s not a bad thing. It’s a perfect movie for a late evening when you want to be entertained.

As I said, the acting was surprisingly good. The emotional scene hit well, the actresses were not awkward during the green screen moments, so even if the cgi could (and should) be improved, the end result was still quite passable. Honestly? I saw worse CGI in more mainstream dramas with big budgets.

What to improve? The ending. Last scene rolled and my reaction was - wait… that’s it? I did get a conclusion, just not the one I wanted.

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No, not that one

77 minutes of wildly outrageous spaghetti western excellence, The Fugitive mixes fantastic gun-fu style action with the standardised Shaw Brothers martial arts formula, all scored by some of Ennio Morricone's finest music, it's almost as if someone was peaking at my Christmas list. Featuring a plethora of badass moments, the majority coming from leading man Lo Lieh, amidst the flurry of wonderfully gratuitous blood sprays, there's no denying the unique approach to this hybridisation of crowd-pleasing genres, often so over-the-top that you could never take it seriously. But that's where its charm lies and I couldn't ask it to do more. The threadbare story is perhaps its weakest element, but anyone who loves a good revenge tale can easily overlook this, besides, who needs a great story when you score your revenge with Morricone?

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The other Hammer / Shaw Bros Collab

The other Hammer / Shaw Brothers collaboration, Shatter’s conception predates The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires, as it was originally pitched as a Canadian co-production before being confined to a shelf for a few years and then resurrected as part of the collaboration deal. Rather than a period drama as both companies were used to producing, Shatter sees the action transported to contemporary Hong Kong and it's used to great effect, even if it amounts to nothing more than a lot of glorious eye candy. The film ran into many problems during production and this is evident in the finished product, the editing is off by a beat, it doesn't go anywhere very fast and isn't helped by a mediocre script. Stuart Whitman doesn't care about his role, an entirely one-note performance, but he's carried by the indomitable Peter Cushing who always gives 100%, remaining a joyous presence in this otherwise substandard kung fu exploitation. Ti Lung is the actual star here even if he struggles with his English dialogue, the same problem befalls Lily Li. In the end, the novelty value of Shatter probably makes this more of interest to Shaw fans than Hammer fans; although I enjoyed the film, like Golden Vampires, it just left me wanting more from its initial promise, ultimately coming across as incredibly sloppy and rather underwhelming.

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Completely confused

I decided to watch the movie instead of the series because for once I just wanted to watch a story in under 2 hours. And even though the actors are great and I loved the love between the two leading actors I was left totally confused. Past, present, past, present again and then the doubles of the main characters. Then they throw in the man she married . Too many twists and turns for my liking. The best part is the end where the leads are still alive and become engaged. I do not think I have the patience to rewatch this dram a couple of more times to try and comprehend what is happening.

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Could have been be great

Concept is good until story got twisted starting at 9:30 teenager Alice story got introduced.
FL Saya is an interesting character but ruined by poor dubbing. I think the artist they chose for the role did the character well. The rest mostly exaggerated their acting that can be irritating sometimes
Love the inclusion of WAR music and other 70's sounds.
It started gory and has some gory scenes. Overall, it can be good enough to watch when needing something to kill time. ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♥︎♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♥︎♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡

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