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Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

Billie Morin This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

j_eyon-2 An angst-driven horde of characters blended into a thin batter of a plot - resulting in a confusing mix of flashbacks and contemporary - there's an embedded challenge - just try and keep the timeline straight - if that's your type of story - then you need helpthe actors are the best reason for watching this film - with middle-aged Han Suk Kyu providing his usual potency - lovely Son Ye Jin providing loveliness - and Lee Min Jung making a strong presence as the rich man's female assistant - Go Soo as the tortured young man - and a hodge-podge of very capable supporting actors

Desertman84 Son Ye-jin has proved herself to be one of the best actresses not only in South Korea but also in Asia as well.He is in that category together with her fellow Korean,Gianna Jun,who is now making films in Hollywood.Into The White Night is another testament of Son Ye-jin acting talent.After being in dramatic features like A Moment To Remember,April Snow and The Classic;action film like Open City; and comedy features like Art Of Seduction and My Wife Got Married,she now embarks her acting skills in a different genre with a mystery thriller,Into The White Night.The film stars Son Ye-jin together with Han Suk Kyu and Go Soo. It is co-written and directed by Park Shin Woo based on the Japanese novel of Keigo Higashino with the same title.The story involves a pawnbroker's son, Kim Yo Han.He killed his father, which later lead to Lee Jia killing her mother when she found out that Yo Han had killed his father. Kim Si Hoo, a pawnbroker is found murdered in a remote town in a derelict building and Jia later changes her name to Yoo Mi Ho when she moves in with her aunt, where she grew a flower garden.Almost fifteen years pass and detective Jo Min Woo discovers that it is related to a homicide case that occurred fourteen years earlier, where a woman had been suspected of murdering her married lover, a pawnbroker. Talking to the pawnbroker's widow and her son, Yo Han, gives no clue. Then Min Woo requests assistance from lead inspector Han Dong Soo, who was investigating this case fourteen years ago. Detecive Dong Soo remembers every fact as this unsolved case ruined his career and killed his son. Lead inspector Dong Soo decides to re-investigate along with Jo Min Woo and Lee Si Yeong who come under suspicion but all of them have perfect alibis and the investigation comes to a standstill when two of them go missing. Yo Han matures into a murderer and eliminates those who get in Min Woo's way. He exists as Mi Ho's shadow, requiring nothing in return. Secretly they are still as close as ever while they are living out separate lives. Mi Ho knows of Yo Han's crimes but looks away from them and encourages them. It was later revealed that Kim Yo Han killed his father after he found him molesting Jia. In the end, Kim Yo Han killed himself to protect Jia.The movie is a good mystery thriller.It was interesting from beginning to end. It made the telling of two stories that happened in the past and in the present completely flawless.Aside from that,all the thematic elements of the film feature whether a murder mystery,sex and passion,romance and crime are told in cohesion without any deter from the story whatsoever.In other words,this film narrates everything with clarity.Also,the performances were what made the film better.Son Ye-jin excelled in her role as Yu Mi-ho.It only proves her acting prowess in another kind of genre and certifies her being one of the best actresses in the Asian continent.This is a highly-recommended film not only for lovers of Korean films,mystery thrillers and Son Ye-Jin but also for lovers of great film.

haorant-1-28468 There are certain directors who can make a simple love story between a girl and a boy so fascinating, so romantic, so heart touching that you feel that this can not be just a film. Yet at the same time there are also directors who manage to screw up a script/story which is already so good and so exciting. The director of the film White Night is a mixture of those two personalities.The great part of this film is the love story between the two main actor/actress. I was really sucked into their relationship and it was quite a few times which I was forced to remind myself that this is only a film, its not real. The relationship between them is very ordinary for a film, you can see many examples from other romantic films but this director really managed to make it very thrilling and moving.However the same can not be said about the film in general. The writer of this film is a genius, I could see how great this story would have been had it been a stand alone book, Im sure it would have been a bestseller. For some odd reason the director of this film screwed it up. First is the pacing, at the beginning everything was going so fast. Random people turned up and disappeared, names got cast around and it was hard to hang on to to the plot and know who was who. I am not a native Korean so to remember the names of people have always proved a huge challenge in Korean films, however this one is even more difficult since for the first hour or so everything was so fast, and the many flashbacks made everything ... confusing. The last part of the film was very slow, nothing much happened and when I finally knew the names and the plot I really wanted action, something unexpected to happen but I never got any. The ending was very sad and boring. The woman who have been so warm for the whole movie suddenly turned cold, very cold, with no obvious reason.I would advice the director of this film to make a pure romantic film next time, not some mystery thriller. Winter Night was a mediocre film which should be watched by people who seek a great love story and not a mystery/thriller film. The person who is the murder is obvious already in the first few minutes....

andy_n_johansen This big budget suspense movie started out with a good story but eventually it becomes more and more uneven.It is nicely shot, but the script is messy and almost every scene is headed towards a climax and it just kills the mood and the interest in the story.I personally felt like that the film crew focused on shooting all the scenes but did not succeed in editing the story together well enough. Many scenes also feel like they did not need to be in the film and i did not really feel sympathy for any of the main characters.With another director like Jong Boon-Ho or Park Chan-Wook i think this movie could have been very well made, instead of this more or less forgettable mess of what is basically a very interesting crime suspense story.