Park Chan Wook's THIRST

A quick and dirty movie review by Dennis D. McDonald

Plot summary:

• Devout priest volunteers for medical experiment
• Becomes lustful vampire as a result
• Sex/violence/building-hopping/tragedy/ensue
  

What’s Good:

• Chock-full of interesting and funny character details that entertainingly transcend the Korean source to be instantly recognizable by anyone with a sense of humor
• Beautiful photography and editing
• Great acting
• Wonderful variety of characters
• Much sly humor
• A lovely leading lady, Kim Ok-bin

What’s Bad:

• A bit too long.

Recommendation:

• If you like quirky vampire movies and can tolerate lots of sex, blood, and religious satire, check this one out.

Review copyright (c) 2010 by Dennis D. McDonald