Say Yes: Review
Say Yes (2001) Director - Kim Sung-Hong Review by Luis Muniz Say yes (and not another word about it) takes you on a journey of love, devotion and unexpected disaster with some hurtful stalking and stressful situations, however, the last quarter of the film makes a sudden turn to an unforgettable torture fest you'll think you've purchased two movies for the price of one. The not so well-known filmmaker Kim Sung-Hong (The Hole) combines's suspense with surprisingly dynamic terror in this much or little like 1986's "The Hitcher" with leading Actor Park Joong-Hoon (Radio Star) giving a now and then fair-minded performance. It bears a sadistic series of events happening during the final stages of the film you'd think the director decided to make it into a horror film during the last moments of shooting. Jeong-hyun, (Kim Ju-hyuk) a novelist finds employment and decides to celebrate by taking his significant other out on a road trip. To their surprise, a stranger makes his way into their lives without formally introducing himself. Yun-hie (Choo Sang-mi) senses tension tries to brush it off in hopes of avoiding conflict, but bad gets worst as the pair are forced to travel with the stranger labeled "M," who doesn't know the meaning of the "N" word. The couple attempt to escape the crazed lunatic in a decisive matter by cutting the trip short, but they come to see that running away from a man with nothing to loose gets the better of them and receives a fatal penalty for their efforts. Not much time is wasted before the new and improved equivalent to "The Terminator" begins. A prelude to stalking and harassing a couple for no apparent reason, and causing chaos towards people with better lives, doesn't seem to have any shame to the cold-blooded fiend. Park Joong-Hoon plays the extreme “M” where at times gives a great reminder of scenes that were captured in films like "Pacific Heights." In one scene, M is beaten up by Jeong-hyun played by Kim Ju-hyuk (Love me not) and charged with assault leaving Yun-hie played by Choo Sang-mi (See you after school) alone in fear of a pursuing madman. The actress does an honest job playing the vulnerable victim not completely overdoing it which is more then I can say for the overly stoned-cold outsider and the overprotective gentleman. However, judging from the ending of the film, I'd say it would have possibly been a better watch to see Park Joong-Hoon play the victim and Ju-hyuk Kim play the stalker. Say Yes is a perfect edition to a collection of movies like 1992's "Unlawful Entry" and while director Kim Sung-Hong doesn’t say yes to that genre with complete originality he does take it in news directions, with an unexpected ending - and that doesn't happen very often.
Say Yes (2001) Director - Kim Sung-Hong Review by Luis Muniz Say yes (and not another word about it) takes you on a journey of love, devotion and unexpected disaster with some hurtful stalking and stressful situations, however, the last quarter of the film makes a sudden turn to an unforgettable torture fest you'll think you've purchased two movies for the price of one. The not so well-known filmmaker Kim Sung-Hong (The Hole) combines's suspense with surprisingly dynamic terror in this much or little like 1986's "The Hitcher" with leading Actor Park Joong-Hoon (Radio Star) giving a now and then fair-minded performance. It bears a sadistic series of events happening during the final stages of the film you'd think the director decided to make it into a horror film during the last moments of shooting. Jeong-hyun, (Kim Ju-hyuk) a novelist finds employment and decides to celebrate by taking his significant other out on a road trip. To their surprise, a stranger makes his way into their lives without formally introducing himself. Yun-hie (Choo Sang-mi) senses tension tries to brush it off in hopes of avoiding conflict, but bad gets worst as the pair are forced to travel with the stranger labeled "M," who doesn't know the meaning of the "N" word. The couple attempt to escape the crazed lunatic in a decisive matter by cutting the trip short, but they come to see that running away from a man with nothing to loose gets the better of them and receives a fatal penalty for their efforts. Not much time is wasted before the new and improved equivalent to "The Terminator" begins. A prelude to stalking and harassing a couple for no apparent reason, and causing chaos towards people with better lives, doesn't seem to have any shame to the cold-blooded fiend. Park Joong-Hoon plays the extreme “M” where at times gives a great reminder of scenes that were captured in films like "Pacific Heights." In one scene, M is beaten up by Jeong-hyun played by Kim Ju-hyuk (Love me not) and charged with assault leaving Yun-hie played by Choo Sang-mi (See you after school) alone in fear of a pursuing madman. The actress does an honest job playing the vulnerable victim not completely overdoing it which is more then I can say for the overly stoned-cold outsider and the overprotective gentleman. However, judging from the ending of the film, I'd say it would have possibly been a better watch to see Park Joong-Hoon play the victim and Ju-hyuk Kim play the stalker. Say Yes is a perfect edition to a collection of movies like 1992's "Unlawful Entry" and while director Kim Sung-Hong doesn’t say yes to that genre with complete originality he does take it in news directions, with an unexpected ending - and that doesn't happen very often.