Monster - Korean Movie

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Movie: Monster
Revised romanization: Monster
Hangul: 몬스터
Director: Hwang In-Ho
Writer: Hwang In-Ho
Producer: Kim Min-Kyoung, Ahn Sang-Hoon
Cinematographer: Jung Yong-Gyeon, Kim Ki-Tae
Release Date: March 13, 2014
Runtime: 114 min.
Genre: Thriler
Distributor: Lotte Entertainment
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Bok-Soon (Kim Go-Eun) lives with her younger sibling. She runs a street stand. Bok-Soon is slow, but when people angers her she goes crazy. That's why she is known as the "crazy woman".

One day, cold-blooded killer Tae-Soo (Lee Min-Ki) appears in front of her. To hide his secret, he kills Bok-Soon's younger sibling. Bok-Soon then goes after Tae-Soo for revenge, but Tae-Soo goes after Bok-Soon.

Notes

Filming began May 5, 2013 in a village in Chuncheon, South Korea. The first scene filmed involved Bok-Soon (Kim Go-Eun) deciding to take revenge and leave her house. Tae-Soo (Lee Min-Ki) arrives to an empty house.
Filming ended July 31, 2013.

Cast



Lee Min-Ki	Kim Go-Eun	Kim Roe-Ha	Kim Bu-Seon
Tae-Soo	Bok-Soon	Ik-Sang	Kyoung-Ja

Additional Cast Members:

Ahn Seo-Hyun - Na-Ri
Kim Bo-Ra - Eun-Jung
Nam Kyung-Eup - Boss Jeon
Han Da-Eun - Yeon-Hee
Park Byung-Eun - Kwang-Soo
Bae Sung-Woo - Sung-Moon
Kim Gyung-Ae - Bok-Soon's grandmother
Heo Joon-Seok - demolishing team leader
Choi Dae-Woong - grandfather
Yoo Jae-Myung - police constable
Jo Bok-Rae - cop in rural area
Jung Mi-Nam - police substation corporal
Lee Do-Yeon - flour based food restaurant woman
Lee Kyoung-Mi - bar woman
Kim Kwang-Hyun - man at bar
Yoon Jin-Ha - #1 in trio of big men
Bae Jin-Woong - #2 in trio of big men
Yoon Young-Kyun - #3 in trio of big men
Kim Sun-Young - monthly rent woman
Shin Seong-Hoon - Seoul taxi driver
Han Sang-Chul - rural taxi driver
Park Chul-Min - Boss Park (cameo)
Lee Hyun-Bin - Tae-Soo (young)

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AbbyHana12 Jan 20 2023 12:21 am This movie is not that bad.. I really like it tho.. It's so scary. Not 'so' but scary. Like it tho.. And Lee min Ki was so young.. Hehehehe.. Recommend to everyone.

a Dec 25 2022 8:38 am Kim Min Ki & Kim Go Eun should have received awards for this!

pure fun! not a single boring scene

A Dec 03 2022 4:13 pm Just like Jane’s comment says, this movie is absolute trash. The comedy was not funny in any way nor did it even make sense? Like obviously the main character is mentally disabled, but instead of working the story in a way that could realistically reflect how a person with mental disabilities would react in a situation like this, they tried to play up the comedy and infantilization - like ah yes, let’s all laugh at the disabled character, you know mentally disabled people are all so childlike and silly ??? and they just completely swept away the fact that her sister and the young girl’s sister both were senselessly murdered by a psychopath (with no explanation as to why he’s even a psychopath). They even have the main characters themselves forget their sisters were murdered for the majority of the film. Don’t watch this, I spent the entire time being incredibly frustrated and annoyed.

Jane Nov 20 2022 8:12 pm Wow… I just wasted two hours of my life watching this garbage. The horror suspense/ comedy vibe they attempted was a complete fail. The “comedy” aspects where so ridiculous I just couldn’t take this seriously. Maybe if they just stuck with the horror theme it would’ve been better. I usually love LMK and KGE ‘s work but the writing for this was just bad. I know the main lead was indeed supposed to have a condition or whatever but I just found the acting annoying as hell, specially all the unnecessary screaming and crying.

Barb Jun 11 2022 8:19 pm I really loved this movie. It was different and full of suspense. It seems weird but I actually ended up feeling bad for the Villian character for some odd reason.

Jananaa Dec 31 2021 3:49 am Watched this bcs of Lee Minkiiii he’s so handsome yet scary lol

Vm Jun 17 2020 12:49 pm I watch it then fall in love with the acting of kim go eun on it. She played character really well. Then i watch her in another movie a muse. I become a fans of her since she played the movie before drama. I am really sure with her acting skill she can do many project as the main female lead. Yes it is proove now that she is the one of popular actress in Korea.

Jpoper Feb 10 2020 12:46 pm I watched this because of Kim GoEun. I enjoyed it ! This is really good especially the chasing part. Don't want to spoil anymore. It's unpredictable. Suspense at its finest.

PP Mar 13 2019 6:02 am Great movie, i like so much

Gailene Nov 20 2018 9:11 am For me this movie is amazing! Bok-soon's sister had actually died in the hands of the serial killer and has been made into pottery like the rest of the victims. The old man in the phone vid killed Na-ri's sister (I think it was her older sister) by hiring the serial killer. That was the part that bugged me the most because she didn't get justice for her horrible death. Also, the remains of Bok-soon's sister will not be identified because she took the name card in the cabinet. There's a lot of things that you'll think about after watching the movie. Like what'll happen to Bok-soon and Na-ri since her vegetable stall spot has been cleared by the 3,000 dollar guy. And will they really spend all the money on black bean noddle soup??

hat May 21 2018 2:21 pm ok wow, this movie is completely insane! Yet I somehow had to keep watching. I have some thoughts, but I don't really want to criticise, it seems totally valid how the director chose to portray these peoples' stories.

chimchim Apr 19 2018 3:40 pm I agree with CanINotLeaveAName, I wish their explain more the character of Tae Su

CanINotLeaveAName Dec 05 2017 6:53 am good actors but bad storyline. didn't explain the meaning properly.

Huan Nov 29 2017 12:20 pm Kim go Eun acting is superb. I am falling In love with her since watch this movie

Cristina Jun 28 2017 9:19 pm I absolutely love this movie! Brilliant acting made the surreal characters come to life. Kim Go Eun was really superb in acting crazy and slow to understand. Lee Min Ki was stunningly believable in portraying a a crazy psycho killer. Bok-soon and Na-ri's parts were excellently portrayed that you'd understand and feel why they got so attached with each other. I think the comedy parts were not off and the director wasn't trying hard to mix genres but instead it showed how a mentally slow person thinks - they can shift easily from one emotion to another. One moment might be a suspense and drama for them but as soon as they have expressed it, they shift swiftly to a different emotion. Unlike normal people who keeps and dwells in a certain emotion for a long time, mentally slow people are able to shift to a new emotion easily given a different stimulus. The killer was the same as he would be behaved calmed, happy or focused at one moment and then becomes violent and cold once triggered and vise versa.

Jhae Dec 24 2016 10:07 am Kim go eun is really a daebak. Love her acting.

fikuri Aug 13 2016 5:16 pm to those who complained main char stupidity, i think thats exactly how shes meant to be, shes doing a good job if you complained how stupid she is lol

Lauren Jun 17 2016 6:52 am Min Ki's character in this movie is really scary... This is a must watch, btw ;) This is like a suspense-comedy genre xD it became a comedy because of Bok Soon's personality

CR Buffalo NY Jan 29 2016 10:09 pm Horribly gory and scarey. Lee Min-Ki, Kim Go-Eun, and Ahn Seo Hyun excellent performances!!! Lee Min-Ki that was a very evil portrayal!!! Hard a hard time looking at the screen every time you showed up!!! Bravo to all!!!

kaiamar Jan 21 2016 8:09 pm This may be the most surreal and bizarre movie I've seen since Fargo. Lee Min-ki is amazing. To create a psycho-killer who is a sympathetic character and give it believable life is one hell of an acting job.

Darriell Sep 28 2015 9:00 pm This movie was AWESOME! Like were else will you find a movie that makes you want to hide in a corner one moment and die from laughter the next?!

Paw Sep 26 2015 6:17 pm Like the movie, love the actors and actresses. But I couldn't deal with the loopholes and the dumb actions. Like seeing the police/military 3 times and not just telling them and having them deal with it instead of running around like a chicken with its head cut off.

Naoki993 Aug 23 2015 3:46 am this movie could've been better if the lead girl character wasn't very annoying and stupid

Aj Jul 04 2015 6:38 pm Though the lead is beautiful, talented, and super scary in this, the movie itself makes very little sense.

valenciana Jun 23 2015 3:04 pm I LOVE THIS MOVIE.. no im not Asian..but yes.. absolutely amazing story..and the lead actor...O M G HOTTT..I could have great dreams every night thinking of him in the shower ..tattooing himself.. wow !

bby May 27 2015 6:27 am go eun was good at acting crazy..

Jani Apr 26 2015 4:54 am This was so crazy... I'm sorry but I just couldn't take the main girl's stupidity anymore. Love min ki here, even tho he's a psychotic murderer.

Ildira Peterson Apr 21 2015 8:55 am This is my favorite Korean Thriller movie from 2014. It contained all the elements I look forward in a movie (action, drama, suspense, mystery, and comedy). I don't agree with previous negative reviews regarding Monster (Mon-seu-teo). An Excellent job. It kept my attention since the beginning to end. I have been trying to purchase this movie but I see its still not available on DVD for Region 1 USA customers. Please let me know when this movie is available on DVD so I can purchase it for my own personal library. (ipeterson@allhallows.org) Keep up your Amazing talented work, and don't worry about the negative reviews, when in my families eyes this is our number 1 Korean Thriller movie of all time. Thank you Mrs Peterson

Titi Adha Jan 11 2015 12:46 am After watching the film, I finally realize why people are disappointed about the genre. I think the mistake is in the backsound =_=;

Jungle_fish Nov 04 2014 12:44 pm I just love the movie. Maybe some people think that it's weird movie but I think it's kind like 'not intense thriler', that the director puts some of comedy to make the situation back to normal. It's my 1st time, I laugh in some scenes in the thriler

tanchan May 24 2014 10:03 am the worst movie that i ve ever seen

Rully May 23 2014 8:18 am This movie is weird,, you must see "the raid 2 "is more than that

tan May 06 2014 10:43 am daebak.. ilove this movie.. blend of horror, comedy, heart warm drama, very touching,, but no romance between Min Ki and Go Eun, i hope they meet again in romance movie..

Zen-Fu Mar 26 2014 12:24 am This movie is weird. I just finished watching it twenty minutes ago. There's a lot going on with nothing going on. It's one part horror, one part comedy, one part drama, one part action, one part revenge story, and one part feel-good movie. However, most of the film is spent with Bok-Soon and Na-Ri just walking around, trying to avoid being caught by Tae-Soo. They introduced some interesting concepts that never pay off. All in all, I didn't leave the theater hating the movie, so I guess that's a good thing. I give Monster a C-

Maggie Mar 16 2014 2:01 pm I just saw this movie at CGV Cinemas in LA yesterday. Although I don't regret seeing it, it was different from what I expected. Although I did not mind the comedy aspect, but I expected more... Of a hunt part from the sister. I do not want to give anything away, but anyone who has seen this movie will know what I'm talking about.

Jeylani Hussein Mar 16 2014 1:28 pm Lee Minki is awesome actor #100 kool.

John Mar 14 2014 7:57 am I watched this movie in lotte cinema in busan.... I give this movie a 3/10, This movie director focused too much on diversity, trying mix elements of action, horror, drama, and comedy all at the same time, which it is supposed to give you a wave of up and down emotions in which the director made a good job but the horror part was really poor, there was no built in suspense, everything was predictable, the horror atmosphere of the movie is very poor (image quality is similar to dramas) and the only "horrific" thing about the movie is the sudden forced horror sounds that kills the drama feeling of the movie.

hyunlena Mar 09 2014 12:37 pm @kh" - How is this a horror-comedy? Nothing in the trailer is comical, and the storyline isn't either.

Anyway, I can't wait for this! It looks really good.

Francisco DeCastro Feb 18 2014 9:36 pm This is going to be like an artistic suspense thriller. At least that is what I got from the trailer. It seems like the killer also has a story of his own. It also seems like they are shooting for us to have some compassion towards him as well. That's what I got from the part that it shows him looking at himself in the mirror and the part that he is sitting on the bathroom tub. Should be good. I will have to wait and buy the DVD I guess or something.

kh" Feb 16 2014 2:18 pm ummmm

I like Lee Min-Ki, but I don't know form the trailer looks form me it's a horror-comedy movie

isn't it ?

parkminhee Feb 14 2014 10:03 am just wow!!!!!!

hanana Feb 08 2014 6:39 pm lee min ki~~~ i cant wait this long. been waiting since last yearrrr... hurry hurry time. i so want to watch this.

Pika Chu May 20 2013 8:38 am Can't wait to see this movie! ^^ Lee Min-ki oppa! Fighting! ^^

Aira Mar 06 2013 2:06 am When lee min ki play with son ye jin again

Philipp Richardt Feb 27 2013 1:40 pm Kim Ko-Eun - this is definitely a 'must-see'!

EFFA Feb 24 2013 10:51 pm Finally Lee min ki new movie.. cant wait to see it

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