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Our Official Blog : Sex is Zero 2 review and clip
Posted by horatio on Monday, August 18, 2008 (05:38:31) (365 reads)
Today has been one of those quasi-productive days. Very productive on some fronts, not so productive on others. On the up hand, I watched a fascinating South Korean movie this evening called Sex is Zero 2, by director Yoon Tae-yoon. Apparently this is the second film, but I haven't seen the first one to compare yet.
Hands down, I would recommend this film to friends. It fast paced, funny, tragic, frustrating, enticing, playful and generally hit a lot of the feelings I think film does well with. It had an almost Woody Allen-esq feel in the sexual overtones and humor. While I'm sure there were some Korean subtleties lost on me (what's the importance of the king card in the game on the beach?), I still related to the film really well, and thought the cast of characters was odd but had good synergy. It's also nice to see films about college-aged youth outside of an American cultural context, even if the US still plays a role in the background.
The basic story follows a group of female swimmers and their boy/friends, some of which are part of a martial arts club (both at a SK university), and the trials and tribulations they go through in their relationships and daily lives over a relatively short span of time. There's karaoke and love songs, fights and double-crossing. Hell, there's even lollipops in the bum and inflatable love dolls behind the dressers. I especially love the slow-motion framing in the twin apartment scene when it finally explodes--amazing!! That's how filmmaking should be all the time. While the social interactions at times seem a bit stretched, other times they are quite real and raw. I wonder how many guys have been in the same spot on an escalator somewhere...? I wonder how many girls would have still got on the place anyway? Who knows. But luckily, for a truly fun film with lots of gusto and play, this one is a keeper. Overall, I would say a 4.5 * film.
You can watch a great promo trailer (no subs, but you don't really need them) here:
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