The Case of Itaewon Homicide

It started out suspenseful, pulled the viewer into a plot that seemed to move at a brisk pace, just enough to keep the viewer from getting lost or tired. But then it started crawling along, constantly circling around the same thing. It's all well and good to leave the viewer wondering who it was and how it happened, but... in film form it should have had some boundaries, and it didn't have to end exactly as it did in real life (a verbal explanation of how it "really happened" was enough, there was something along those lines anyway). As someone pointed out, it wouldn't have been a bad idea to spice it up with some side plots – like from the murdered man's family, although it's probably a good thing there weren't any, it would still have been above all an emotional pasquinade. Who knows, there wasn't anything like that there. It was dry and empty at the end. (When I first saw the cover, I thought it was going to be something about basketball. :-D) (29/10/2013)