Nov

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2007


Movie Review: Someone Behind You / Du Saram Yida / 두사람이다
Release Date: August 22, 2007
Country: South Korea
Director: Ki-hwan Oh
Starring: Jin-seo Yun, Ki-woong Park, Ki-woo Lee
Runtime: 84 Min.
Editor Rating: 3.0
Users Rating: 8.06 1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars6 Stars7 Stars8 Stars9 Stars10 Stars (16 votes)

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“Someone Behind You” … Boo!

Hopefully that scared you, because the movie surely won’t. To be honest, I was hesitant to watch the movie in the first place, as most commercial Korean horror films (that lack strong word of mouth) are simply awful. But, the movie does feature some compelling performers, so I decided to give it a try anyways. In retrospect, I should have gone by my initial hunch.

In “Someone Behind You” you have an appealing cast, headlined by Jin-seo Yun, Ki-woong Park and Ki-woo Lee. Jin-seo Yun made a name for herself with her strong performances in My Lovely Week and A Good Day for An Affair. She stars in “Someone Behind You” as Ga-in, a popular high school student with big family problems. Interesting to note that Jin-seo Yun is actually 24 years old, but had no problems portraying a high school aged student. Her counterpart, Ki-woo Lee (The Shim’s Family), plays her romantic interest, who is also a medical intern. OK stop. Flag goes up right there. A 16-18 year old high school student dating a mid 20’s medical intern? Hmm … something is fishy about that already. There’s also Ki-woong Park (My Tutor Friend 2) who lurks around in the background like a possessed Japanimation character. What exactly is his function in the movie is more difficult to discern … at least until the end.

From there, Ga-in finds herself in a heap of trouble. First her aunt is thrown off a balcony, then slashed in front of her eyes by her other aunt. Then the reigning book worm of her high school tries to stab her to death with a pair of scissors. Her teacher then tries to kill her in the girl’s locker room. Finally, Ga-in’s mother gets into the act and tries to kill her with a knife. By this time, Ga-in realizes that something is just not right. The next day she non-nonchalantly tells her father that is she leaving her home, because she doesn’t feel safe. By this time I had one word for Ga-in … “Duh”.

After that, a whole lot of silly nonsense occurs. The movie bravely gives the finger to reason or logic and gets more preposterous by the minute. Basically, there seems to be a curse surrounding Ga-in’s family and of course the ubiquitous surprise twists appear at the end of the film.

To be perfectly blunt, there’s just not a lot of positive things to say about “Someone Behind You”. The cinematography had the slick look of modern Korean films, Jin-seo Yun’s performance was good considering the circumstances and the movie mercifully ran only 84 minutes in length.

One last tip: If you hear “Someone Behind You” while watching the movie, don’t worry! It’s just people heading for the exits.

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Cast:
Jin-seo Yun - Ga-in
Ki-woong Park - Seok-min
Ki-woo Lee - Hyeon-jung (boyfriend)

So-eun Kim - Ga-yun (younger sister)
Kan-hie Lee
Yu-mi Jeong
Nae-sang Ahn - Teacher

If you like this movie you may enjoy : The Cut, Memento Mori 2, Alone, Carved


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  1. 4 Arkana Says: May 22, 2008

    Does anyone know what the name of the artist who sings the song during the credits is named? Or the name of the song at least? :)

  2. 3 Gopro Says: April 20, 2008

    I absolutely agree with you. This was one of the worst movies I have seen during my stay in Korea.
    I couldnt fully grasp everything even at the end when the story is supposed to make sense.
    Everything practically sucked about this movie.

  3. 2 luna6 Says: April 18, 2008

    Hey Mandible,
    I don’t recall the exact details since I watched this several months ago and I wanted to excise the movie out of my memory as soon as possible. I do remember the plot to be quite convoluted, I didn’t get a lot of it myself. Maybe someone else can shed more light?

  4. 1 mandible Says: April 14, 2008

    honestly, i did not understand the whole story totally.. i just cant figure out the connection of everything.. what is the connection of the old man’s story to what’s happening to Ga-in? what’s the connection of Suk-min to Ga-in? what’s the connection of Ga-in’s boyfriend’s fire experience to what’s happening to Ga-in?? i’m so confused.. *sigh* can you enlighten me please? ^_^