Thirst

Name: Thirst
Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance
Released: July 31, 2009
Duration: 133 min
Rating: 73
Cast: Kang-ho Song, Ok-bin Kim

2009

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Focus Features | Release Date: July 31, 2009 | R

Starring: Kang-ho Song, Ok-bin Kim

Summary: Sang-hyun is a priest who cherishes life; so much so, that he selflessly volunteers for a secret vaccine development project meant to eradicate a deadly virus. But the virus takes the priest, and a blood transfusion is urgently ordered up for him. The blood he receives is infected, so Sang-hyun lives – but now exists as a vampire.Sang-hyun is a priest who cherishes life; so much so, that he selflessly volunteers for a secret vaccine development project meant to eradicate a deadly virus. But the virus takes the priest, and a blood transfusion is urgently ordered up for him. The blood he receives is infected, so Sang-hyun lives – but now exists as a vampire. Struggling with his newfound carnal desire for blood, Sang-hyun’s faith is further strained when a childhood friend’s wife, Tae-ju, comes to him asking for his help in escaping her life. Sang-hyun soon plunges into a world of sensual pleasures, finding himself on intimate terms with the Seven Deadly Sins. (Focus Features)… Expand

Director: Chan-wook Park

Genre(s): Drama, Horror, Romance

Rating: R

Runtime: 133 min

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Andrew O'Hehir

A brilliant and gruesome work of cinematic invention as well as a passionate and painful human love story. Read full review

Lisa Schwarzbaum

A gaudy, daring, operatic, and bloody funny provocation of a melodrama from Park Chan-wook. Read full review

Nick Antosca

A terrific film. Loosely based on Emile Zola's novel "Therese Raquin." Read full review

Jim Ridley

The most intriguing aspect of Thirst is the steady erosion of Sang-hyeon's ethics, slackened from "do not" to "do not kill" to "do not kill the undeserving" by the lure of those O+ cocktails. Read full review

Maggie Lee

Stunning production quality and the story's extremity should arouse interest beyond the specialty Asian market. Read full review

Peter Rainer

What the film is saying, so far as I can tell, is that, if cut, you will bleed. And bleed. As the vampire's kindred Seven Deadly Sinner, wild-haired Kim Ok-vin looks like she's having a high old time. Read full review

Marc Savlov

Taken as a whole, Thirst meanders too far from the crossroads of life and death; it gets outright dull in spots, although they are few and far between. Read full review

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May 2, 2011

Chan-Wook Park.
Need I say more?
The guy is brilliant in suspense and toying with it. This is more of a date movie compared to his other films though. But even so, he put a great twist on the Vampire concept. This Twilight craze is getting out of hand, and Park shows you can still haveChan-Wook Park.
Need I say more?
The guy is brilliant in suspense and toying with it. This is more of a date movie compared to his other films though. But even so, he put a great twist on the Vampire concept. This Twilight craze is getting out of hand, and Park shows you can still have romance in with such a back story, yet still make it horrifying. Not jump out of my seat kind of frightening, but calm, intimate, and spine-chilling. Awesome movie. Never regretted paying 5 bucks to rent it.… Expand