Decision to Leave
Hae-Joon, a seasoned detective, investigates the suspicious death of a man on a mountaintop. Soon, he begins to suspect Seo-rae, the deceased's wife, while being unsettled by his attraction to her.
- Released:
- Runtime: 120 minutes
- Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
- Stars: Tang Wei, Park Hae-il, Lee Jung-hyun, Park Yong-woo, Go Kyung-pyo, Jung Yi-seo, Lee Hak-joo, Jeong Ha-dam, Lee Yong-nyeo, Jung Young-sook, Kim Shin-young, Park Jeong-min, Yoo Teo, Go Min-si, Seo Hyun-woo, Yoo Seung-mok, Kim Do-yeon, Jeong So-ri, Shin An-jin, Cha Seo-won, Joo In-young, Choi Sun-ja, Jin Yong-uk, Choi Dae-hoon, Kim Mi-hwa, Kwak Eun-jin, Ahn Seong-bong, Kim Gook-jin, Kim Sang-hyun
- Director: Park Chan-wook
Comments
- katcarajenncy - 3 January 2023
Stop romanticizing toxic relationships and su*cide!
First I would like to say the cinematography is superb in this one. The camera placement, set design and camera shots are beautifully thought through.
What a shame that the script is just another movie romanticizing abusive toxic (and in this case also adultery) relationships and portraying suicide as a glorified exit.
Apart from all the things wrong with a police man getting involved with a suspect, let's look at the "romantic love" that is portrayed here.
1st normalized behavior in this movie: A married man is lusting after a woman who is not his wife.
2nd normalized behavior: A woman longing for an already married man.
3rd normalized behavior: If you can't have the person you are "in love with", you can't live without them and therefore su*cide seems like a heroic way out.
This is NOT LOVE.
This is toxic mentally abusive behavior.
This is betrayal of actual loved ones including your wife you swore to love forever.
The man is lusting after the "beautiful foreign woman" (who of course needed to be a foreigner, not a Korean woman *insert eyeroll*).
The woman is made to be portrayed and seen by the audience as an innocent girl who just wanted the love of a (married) man but couldn't have him, so she sabotaged her whole life and fell into misery until she decides su*cide is the only way.
We are supposed to be sad at the end and feel sorry for her and him?
NO. Just NO.
Stop romanticizing such irrational, abusive behavior. This is not normal, this is not romantic and this is not what we should teach our society (especially our younger ones) what love is.
Side note: South Korea recorded a su*cide rate of 26, the highest among all developed nations. And an important factor is here, that su*cide is glorified and seen as an heroic act. Movies like this, won't help to solve this huge issue.
When it comes to the story, this movie deserves 0 stars. I gave 4 because of the cinematography only.
