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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. |
