Brimming with stylish originality whilst also evoking the suspense of a Hitchcock thriller, Park Chan-wook’s 2022 thriller is a beautifully acted romance caught in the trappings of a spiralling mystery.
When the smashed body of a climber is found at the base of a famous climbing rock, Hae-Joon, played by Park Hae-il (The Host, Memories of Murder), is drawn into a series of puzzling details and, on meeting the dead man’s alluring wife, a stunning central performance from Tang Wei (Lust, Caution), becomes irreversibly lost in the case.
Balancing gripping set-pieces and action with more contemplative threads around love, infidelity and trust, Park Chan-wook has created a uniquely tense murder mystery that doubles as a mesmeric character-study.