X
- 2002
- Not Rated
- Digital Media Rights
- 1 h 30 m
- 2002
- Not Rated
- Digital Media Rights
- 1 h 30 m
Summary Set on a remote lake in South Korea, this is the story of a damaged cop and a mute innkeeper.
Directed By: Kim Ki-duk
Written By: Kim Ki-duk
- 2002
- Not Rated
- Digital Media Rights
- 1 h 30 m
- 2002
- Not Rated
- Digital Media Rights
- 1 h 30 m
The Isle
61
6.3
Summary Set on a remote lake in South Korea, this is the story of a damaged cop and a mute innkeeper.
Directed By: Kim Ki-duk
Written By: Kim Ki-duk
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
61
42% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
50% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
8% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
61
42% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
50% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
8% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Daring, mesmerizing and exceedingly hard to forget.
A movie of extremes, and that goes for its aesthetics. As gory as the scenes of torture and self-mutilation may be, they are pitted against shimmering cinematography that lends the setting the ethereal beauty of an Asian landscape painting.
At once predatory and vulnerable, Jung has a primitive intensity that speaks louder than words, carrying an enigmatic and often maddeningly elusive film that's short on dialogue, rational behavior, and narrative logic.
The increasingly creepy plot is counter balanced by a genuinely tender romance, which makes the film impossible to categorise, and will no doubt limit it to obscure arthouses and cinephiles who have very strong stomachs. They won't be disappointed.
"Spring, Summer" fans should only have their appreciation of that film expanded by seeing this rougher take on similar themes.
Eerie, opaque and unblinkingly sadomasochistic.
South Korean melodrama uses a unique location, dominated by fishermen's floating huts, as the background for an overheated story that grows steadily more grotesque and unpleasant as it proceeds.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 User Ratings
6.3
70% Positive
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
20% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
10% Negative
1 Rating
1 Rating
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 User Ratings
6.3
70% Positive
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
20% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
10% Negative
1 Rating
1 Rating
There are no user reviews yet. Be the first to add a review.
Awards
Grand Bell Awards, South Korea
• 5 Nominations
Fantasporto
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Venice Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
