3.0, Korea

I’m a Cyborg, But That’s OK

New York Asian Film Festival2006 / Park Chan-wook > It definitely has Park’s touch, biting off the color palette and quirkiness that pervades Jeunet’s films. But ultimately, it isn’t nearly as enjoyable as Oldboy or Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, and falls at the bottom of the feature film list in his catalogue. Nonetheless, it’s worth a watch to witness the director’s range (although his vignette in If You Were Me is far more impressing on that front), and moreover, a delight to see Im Su-jeong mature and Rain perform better than anyone would have expected from a singer-turned-actor.

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