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Yellow Sea, The (18)

Crime, Drama, Thriller

The story of a cab driver in Yanji City, a region between North Korea, China and Russia. His wife goes to Korea to earn money, but he doesn't hear from her since in 6 months. He plays mah-jong to make some extra cash, but this only makes his life worse; but then he meets a hitman who proposes to turn his life around by repaying his debt and reuniting with his wife, just for one hit.


The critical consensus

More startling than an unexpected punch in the noggin, Na Hong-Jin's unusual thriller could have the highest knife count this side of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares. A violent thrill-ride to a dark new corner of Asian cinema.

****(*)Phil de Semlyen, Empire Online, 18/10/2011

This ultra-violent, slickly executed Korean crime drama shows once again that the genre is alive, well, and firing on all fronts outside western cinema.

***(*)(*)The Herald, 20/10/2011

Perhaps The Yellow Sea does not really hang together, and, yes, it could perhaps have lost 30 minutes. But its power and bite-strength are impressive.

****(*)Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 20/10/2011

The regional specifics of Gu-Nam’s nationality are a key plot point and while that makes The Yellow Sea less immediately accessible, it also makes it a richer, more rewarding film.

****(*)Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 21/10/2011

At nearly two and a half hours long, The Yellow Sea is overkill in every sense.

**(*)(*)(*)Philip Kemp, Total Film, 25/10/2011

Scenes of high energy are constantly cut to ones of calm creating an appropriate sense of disjointed bewilderment in the protagonist.

****(*)Callum, TV Bomb, 27/10/2011

Yellow Sea, The (18)

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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