Parallel Life I think no one will argue with the fact that the intellectual content of most modern tapes is very lame. Perhaps it is the creators themselves who are not enthusiastically trying to surprise the viewer with new stories. Perhaps it is in us in the audience, who are so much “furious” that we are no longer able to surprise. In any case, the fact is that very rarely pop up tapes in which willingly praise the plot. That’s my friend who watched this film so much advertised the film to me that involuntarily I myself was excited to watch. Moreover, I had a brief annotation of the plot to appreciate the originality of the story, which was adequately implemented on the screen by the director of the film Kwon Ho Yong. Despite the fact that this film was the directorial debut of Kwon Ho Yong, it was shot quite professionally and I would even say skillfully. The first thing that catches the eye of course is the incredible atmosphericity of the picture.
Very often, thrillers rely on a visual spectacle and an abundance of cruelty. When Hitchcock's standard techniques fade into the background. Glad it doesn't happen here. And in truth, as such, there are not so many action scenes here. But the good thing about the picture is that there is no shortage of spectacle at all. Because, Kwon Ho-Yeon has perfectly compensated for all this with his full-fledged directing. In truth, this tape was more from a twisted detective than from an action-packed thriller. Which explains how slow and slow the plot developed. It is only gratifying that despite its slowness, the film did not sin tense and sharp moments. Moreover, starting the film with a fairly smooth and ordinary note, the film as the plot developed began to gain momentum and closer to the final gave a real fountain of various strong emotions that cover the viewer with their heads. That combined with the visual side of the project, I was very much reminded of another Korean thriller “Return” directed by Lee Kyu Mann.
Both films are made not in the commercial, but perhaps even in the author’s vision of the genre of detective and thriller. Where the virtue of directing is not in the entertainment, but rather in how the creators famously do without it. I do not deny that the film was slightly delayed and if the timekeeping was reduced by half an hour, it would turn out simply luxurious. But this outcome gives a fairly dynamic picture. Where the special highlight is the constant jump 30 years back and forth. What only kept the tension at the very end of the tape.
I may have become obese, but I very rarely manage to surprise and even deceive in the good sense of the word. Especially if we are talking about a thriller, which in principle should deceive the viewer at the very end and constantly mislead. In this case, for the first time in so much time, I had no idea what would happen next. Due to this, I can safely call the idea of the picture not only relevant, but also luxuriously implemented on the screen. Because she's really interesting. Especially the parallels between Kennedy and Lincoln. Both in terms of their lives in general and in terms of their murder later. What makes you think, maybe someone will live my life later, or am I living someone’s life?
From here, the film raises a rather relevant and controversial topic to which we will never know the exact answer. What are fates? It cannot be changed, or are we the smiths of our own destiny? Everyone can judge in their own way, but we will never know the truth. So this film, having raised such an interesting topic, definitely plays all its timekeeping on the interest of the viewer and sometimes teasing with false guesses. From here, I can safely say that I have not seen so many “false” ways to deceive the viewer for a long time. What can we say about the finale, in which the plot unfolded and changed several times. That gave even more answers to the questions that arose throughout the tape and allowed to perceive the main characters of the tape from other sides. Where in principle pity everyone.
It's a shame the main character lost so much. Pity his wife and deputy. Pity everyone. That’s the pity and plays the story of the picture. Where all the secrets are kept at the very end of the tape and the very desire to solve the mystery faster than anyone else, allows you to simply watch such an interesting story from the outside, but literally participate in the screen investigation and perhaps even find answers to your philosophical questions.
The trio Ji Jin-hye, Lee Jong-hyeok and Park Byung-un coped with hurrah. All three actors brilliantly coped with their difficult roles. After all, their characters throughout the film several times changed the image of positive characters to negative and vice versa. All three are equally good. Even though Ji Jin Hee the soul lies more. As no character is the most important and he perfectly managed to reflect on the screen all the drama of his hero, which arose with the death of his wife.
Damn good Yun Se A, who managed to create the image of a very sweet and caring wife, and later completely destroy the image and give something absolutely unexpected. I did not expect such a metamorphosis. And you should appreciate her attractive appearance, which was a joy for the eyes of the whole film. Yes, and the young Pak Sa Ran is so deeply ingrained in the soul that this baby begins to empathize most of all.
The composer of the tape Nam Su Jin did just fine. She very subtly felt the mood of the tape and luxuriously complemented it with an identical sound to the picture. The music became a real personification of mystery and mystery, which only gave the picture an intriguing charm. That, combined with the traditional tense and dynamic thriller sounds, made the music absolutely perfect and created for the film no other way.
9 out of 10
A very mysterious, intriguing, fascinating, tense and dynamic detective thriller. Where most impressive is the incredibly strong idea and its luxurious implementation on the screen. I was impressed by the film and very much in the soul. In this regard, I would highly recommend this film to you, as I think you should definitely watch it.