Scorpio
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Foreign films to buy, part 1 - MEMORIES OF MURDERSYNOPSIS:
Based on the true story of the first serial killings in Korea.
The body of a young woman is found brutally raped and murdered, and similar crimes continue to occur. A special task force, joined by a detective from Seoul and local officer, is hence set up. In spite of the divergent investigation style, detectives find out that women wearing-red on rainy day as the victim's profile. They try to set up a trap to forestall another murder. The next day, however, yet another woman is found murdered - with an umbrella speared through her pubis
£7.99 (CD WOW)
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Catnapper
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That shows how much stranger truth is than fiction....if you hadn't already said it was a true story, I'd have said someone had made it up  I've never seen the film....has it been on tv?
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Scorpio
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no it has'nt been on t.v catty - it is a shaky bit of film making (quite crap in parts) but is very spooky in parts
are you gonna give it a go?
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Catnapper
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Sometimes the acting's rubbish in Asian films......I've watched some of Jackie Chan's earlier ones (he wasn't rubbish, the other actors overacted most of the time!)
I'm actually tempted to buy this one Scorp because it sounds intriguing and I want to know how women wearing red on rainy days triggered the killer.
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Scorpio
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mmmmmm it is spooky when it actually recreates one of the attacks (i wont say much more, other than it is very atmospheric and spooky)
£7.99 is not an expensive gamble
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Catnapper
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Even better....it's £3.98 on Amazon 
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Scorpio
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tooooooo cheap to miss
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Catnapper
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I'm ordering some dvds for pressies so I'll stck that on my order too 
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Scorpio
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go go go
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Catnapper
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ok ok ok .......but if it's too gory or gruesome for me I'll blame you
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Scorpio
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Catnapper
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You've got me worried now....I bet it's a total gorefest!
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Scorpio
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no - not at all......it centres its story more on character building than gore - i cannot remember any to be honest
but creepy in one particular part
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Catnapper
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I looked at the comments on Amazon and someone's put about gruesome corpses but only the type you get on the Waking the Dead tv prog.......I've seen WTD so I should be ok then
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Scorpio
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fine LOL
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Lucifer_666
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Whats with this new insistant Scorpio??
I'll download it.....I'll download it okay
I have to say the three films suggested do sound very good...I think I will try and see all of them 
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Scorpio
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squat and give me 10
LOL
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Catnapper
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Just to say I've ordered Memories of Murder.....it hasn't been dispatched yet but I'll post a review when I eventually get it
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Scorpio
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Memorie/s of Murder - i meant Memorie of murder
oh dear oh dear oh dear
LOL, i hope you enjoy it...........if not i'll buy it off you dear
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Catnapper
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It's the one about the Korean serial killer I ordered Scorp called Memories of Murder......so it's the right one!
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Scorpio
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enjoy LOL
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Catnapper
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I got an email from Amazon to say they've dispatched it 
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Scorpio
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yippppeeeeekayayyyyyyyy martha farther LOL
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Catnapper
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If you're this excited before I've even seen it.....goodness knows what you'll be like when I post a review!
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Scorpio
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if you like it - chuffed
if your hate it - guilt!!
LOL
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Catnapper
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Interesting film.......I wasn't too sure about it at first because the 2 bumbling detectives planting evidence, beating up suspects to try and force confessions out of them and the flying kung fu kicks looked a bit comedic at first! It felt as though the murders were taking a back seat and weren't being treated seriously. But, I think with foreign cinema, you have to look at things a different way than you do to Hollywood films......the director was getting across how the police were underfunded in Korea and weren't equipped to deal with a serial killer in a small rural area......the first serial killer in Korean history.
But the film still kept me gripped and wanting to see more........the final 1/4 of it had a more serious tone as the body count kept growing and they were hunting down a suspect.......and, by the end, I felt I'd watched a good, tense film that was very stylishly made too.
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Scorpio
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a fair review i think.....................did you find the scene where the girl gets jumped eerie?
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Catnapper
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Which scene Scorp....the one where she's walking to the factory? That scene was very atmospheric with the reed fields and the factory in the background.......and it gave an eerie feel...especially when he suddenly appeared out of nowhere
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Scorpio
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thats the one - with the torch scanning the fields
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Catnapper
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When I watched that scene I was willing her to run instead of just standing there!
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