Decision To Leave

Very good

Great Cinematography, engaging Acting and Direction BUT; I found it anti-climatic and inconsequential - because of the farfetchedness of the preposterous, unreal ending. Everything up 'til then was plausible within the stylised realm this film presents the viewer; the narrative could've easily based on real events. But the ending... it was disappointing and, for me the whole experience was rendered bankrupt. Perhaps it speaks to a S.E. Asian sensibility more in depth, thus a deeper meaning is understood by that audience?

Absorbing, but leaves you cold and despite its smooth clinical air, it is hard to see what impressed the critics so much.

I bought this to watch it started off good but all in all it’s just about a love triangle but very good acting and fab scenery

loved it

If I spoke Korean I might give this a higher rating, but being a non speaker I found the film virtually impossible to follow. It is very dialogue driven and for the relatively short time the subtitles are on there is insufficient time to make out who is who or what is being said. I managed to get the overall drift of it, but I couldn't help missing a lot of detail. If you don't speak Korean, don't bother!

A masterpiece and future classic.

This is another of the outstanding films from the Far East of which there have been so many this century (In the Mood for Love, Spirited Away, A One and a Two, Parasite, Drive my Car, etc.). Clearly inspired by Hitchcock’s Vertigo, and with several scenes at great heights, it tells of a detective investigating the case of a man found dead at the foot of a steep mountain, whose Chinese wife seems totally unsurprised when informed of it. Fast-moving and quite complicated to follow, with much of the “dialogue” in text-messaging, it needs to be watched at least twice (first time round I completely missed the significance of a phone-swap). The devastating ending is stunning.