Midnight F.M.

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Movie: Midnight F.M.
Revised romanization: Shimyaui FM
Hangul: 심야의 FM
Director: Kim Sang-Man
Writer: Kim Sang-Man, Kim Hwi
Producer: Je Jung-Hoon, Kim Hong-Baek, Lee Jin-Hoon, Choi Ki-Seop, Lee Young-Han
Cinematographer: Kim Tae-Kyung
Release Date: October 14, 2010
Runtime: 106 min.
Distributor: Lotte Entertainment
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot

Popular TV anchorwoman & late night radio host Sun-Young (Soo-Ae) prepares to work her final radio program. After this program she will prepare to take her ill daughter to America the following morning. During the radio show Ko Sun-Young receives a startling text message.

At Ko Sun-Young's apartment, her ill daughter is being watched by Sun-Young's sister Ah-Young (Shin Da-Eun). Then, a man named Dong-Su (Yoo Ji-Tae) breaks into the apartment with a large wrench. He knocks Ah-Young unconscious, but is unable to locate Sun-Young's daughter - who is hiding in a closet. Dong-Su then sends the text message to Sun-Young instructing her to follow his directions and not to tell anyone.

Notes

Filming is expected to start late January/early February 2010 & finish April, 2010.
Press screening that was originally set for October 4th was cancelled due to "Midnight FM" receiving the teenager restricted "over 18+" (18세 관람가) rating. The film was re-submitted to the Korea Media Rating Board and still received the "over 18+" (18세 관람가) rating. The "over 18+" rating is one level lower than the "restricted rating" (제한상영가) which Kim Ji-Woon's "I Saw the Devil" first received during the summer of 2010.

Cast



Soo-Ae	Yoo Ji-Tae
Ko Sun-Young	Han Dong-Su

Additional Cast Members:

Lee Joon-Ha - Ko Eun-Soo
Ma Dong-Seok - Son Deok-Tae
Choi Hee-Won - Ko Hyun-Ji
Choi Song-Hyeon - Park Kyung-Yang (writer for radio music program)
Shin Da-Eun - Ko Ah-Young (Seong-Young's younger sister)
Jeong Man-Sik - Oh Jung-Woo
Kim Min-Kyu - Yang Woo-Han
Jo Seok-Hyeon - Detective Jo
Nam Ji-Hyun - side studio guest
Kim Min-Kyu - Yang Woo-Han
Kwak Byung-Kyu - Journalist Jang
Yoon Hee-Won - senior anchor

Trailers

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Film Festivals

2010 (30th) Hawaii International Film Festival - October 14-24 - Surprise Screening *International Premiere
2011 (29th) Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival - April 7-19, 2011 - Thriller Competition *European Premiere
2011 (10th) Asian Film Festival of Dallas - July 14-21, 2011

Awards

Best Sound FX - 2010 (8th) Korean Film Awards - November 18
Best Actress (Su-Ae) - 2010 (31th) Blue Dragon Film Awards - November 26

Comments

Comment #2
Alejandro Saenz Says:
Feb 04 2012 10:25 pm

This is an excellent thriller. I highly recommend it. Great cast, specially Soo-Ae. It is indeed intense with unsuspected moments and you never will be bored. Awesome movie.
Comment #1
Ki Says:
Oct 15 2010 12:52 am

I really got a kick out of watching "Midnight F.M." - prior to watching the film I didn't expect much, but the movie left me seriously impressed. "Midnight F.M." has a killer set-up and works in that frantic manner of well done thrillers like U.S. films "Speed," "Cellular," or "Phone Booth". Cast is also highly impressive, with actress Su-Ae impressing the most. Her performance was absolutely on the money, it would have been so easy to misplay her character with a weak or annoyingly brash tone, but she hit just the right balance of anger, determination, and hysteria. Yu Ji-Tae was also excellant as the looney killer, but those kind of performances are more of a dime a dozen these days (Choi Min-Sik in "I Saw the Devil"/Denden in "Cold Fish" etc). Yes the movie kicked ass throughout and tied everything together with Yu Ji-Tae's character having a John Hinckley like persona. Loved the movie and highly recommended - especially for anyone looking for an intense thriller that leans noticeably to the commercial Hollywood type of style films.