Kiss Me, Kill Me

Kiss Me, Kill Me (킬미/Kil Mi) is a November 2009 Korean romantic dramedy film, focusing on a woman who's intent on committing suicide and a man who's a professional assassin. It stars Shin Hyun-jun and Kang Hye-jung. The summary is as follows:

A professional & quiet killer, Hyun-jun. He arrives at a house where he expects a man to be killed by him, but he only finds a girl to expects him to help her suicide. She shouts at dazed Hyun-jun. "What's the matter? It's your job, so you just kill me" She decides to kill herself after the loss of 7 years love, but she feels unfair that she just commits suicide calmly with overdosing sleeping pills. "You should do it by yourself. I am not a helper for suicide." He gets angry at her, forgetting what he does. Hyun-jun & Jin -young begin to meet like this. While they continue to meet, quiet Hyun -jun gets talkative, and Jin Young only dreaming of death begins to think of tomorrow. What a shame for both! Why do they meet day by day in spite that they always argue in vain?

Although this film is categorised as romance, I didn't really begin feel it until the middle and you don't really see it until the very end and even then, it isn't delved into that much. There are several funny moments, but they're not the obnoxious in-your-face humor, which I rather enjoyed. I'm also all for morbid humor, which was why I chose to watch this in the first place. However, within the dynamics between the two main characters, one of whom is still suffering from a break up who seems to just go by each day reluctantly and indifferently, and the other who has a job killing people and comes home to a mother who seems to be constantly intoxicated with an overworked toilet - it's interesting to see how they affect the other at the end. There's also a theme of how sometimes, the things you least expect will happen (mini spoiler: like his mother being diagnosed with uterine cancer instead of liver cancer - in fact, her liver was fine). I did love the two characters though - they amused me. ^^

All in all, I give it a 7.8/10. I don't know where I got the 0.8 from, but it feels like a good score.

You can watch it here.

Guns & Talks

Guns & Talks (킬러들의 수다/Killerdeului Suda) is a 2001 Korean comedic film about four assassins who live together. Yes, I know, a comedic film about killing. :) It stars Shin Hyun Jun, Won Bin, Shin Ha Kyun, Jung Jae Young, and Jung Jin Young. The summary is as follows:

In the heart of Seoul, Korea, a band of killers-for-hire is slowly making a name for themselves in the business. Their style–kill the victims the way their clients want them to be killed, no questions asked. For this group to succeed, they need the help of each other–and an uncle who designs super cool gadgets in the privacy of his own home. However, the foursome will need more than manpower and an uncle to carry out a new mission they just accepted. Along with an intelligent detective hot on their trail, the killers must accomplish “the perfect crime” or face the consequences. Will their mischievous ways be too much of a burden or will they pull out the crime of the century?

I personally don't mind killing. OK, that sounded bad. What I mean is that I enjoy the violent film from time to time and it helps that I have a somewhat morbid sense of humor. I also find humor in anything and everything - which is probably why people think I'm a bit... odd. What I also enjoy are moments where things are MADE to be funny, where I'm not the only one laughing. Reading through the synopsis and half of a review, I decided that this movie would do it. After watching it... well, it's not bad. I have to say, the guns? Totally cool. I like how they nonchalantly go about their business but even then, they're completely different when they're not out killing people. Meaning they're rather... nice and even goofy. The four assassins living together is a rather odd bunch, with a brother-brother pair thrown into the mix. Romance is found and hilarity ensues. Don't get me wrong, though. There are some (generally) serious moments.

HOWEVER, their brand of humor is the kind of humor that makes parts of the movie, well, a movie. It would most likely never happen in real life. The music that goes along also makes it a comedy. When the summary said "intelligent detective," don't take that seriously. There's the good type of comedy during the scenes when they're off the job, but, at times, while on the job, things happen. Like threatening to kill a cop at police headquarters in a room filled with other gun-weilding people and walking out without a single scratch by brushing them aside. The little banter during the scene and the way he handles the cops is pretty funny though - but I also like realistic things. Also, that scene lecturing on how love is found with that ridiculous music in the background had me cringing.

All in all, it left me in a pretty good mood and I liked it.

You can watch it streaming here and there's a trailer along with the torrent download link here.