This movie begins well as the young couple are tricked into giving a ride to a sullen, brooding man. Tension mounts as the man is apparently stalking them after they finally get him out of their car. However, once it has been established that the passenger is dangerous--which happens within the first 30 minutes of the film, the movie is unable to maintain any real suspense. In lieu of suspense, we are given graphic violence. The torture scenes are extended, disturbing, and unnecessary and the battle that should have been the climax of the film comes 30 minutes to early. Everything that happens after that, which is meant to be shocking, comes across as anti-climactic and predictable. The final scene also seems so out of character for the person involved that it is ridiculous and should have been omitted. I left the theater with a headache.
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Grim Korean thriller
jhs393 February 2002
This technically well made but highly sadistic thriller is basically an inferior Korean remake of The Hitcher with a bit of Seven thrown in. While the film is different enough from The Hitcher to not qualify as a remake, there's no doubt at all that the filmmakers here saw the 1980's Rutger Hauer film--there are two scenes, one in a restaurant where the psycho tries to taunt the hero into killing him, in The Hitcher with a gun and this film with a knife, and a second where the hero falls asleep in a police station only to wake up and find the cops murdered--that are too similar to be a coincidence. As dark as the American film was The Hitcher was still entertaining because the movie moved quickly and had numerous well-directed action set-pieces. Say Yes, in contrast, is largely lacking in action besides the sadistic torture scenes late in the film.
Overall a satisfying thriller.
massaster7604 September 2007
Warning: Spoilers
An argument could be made either way for Say Yes and either side would have legitimate points for loving/hating this film. I however, loved it. On the one hand, Say Yes is a overly melodramatic, silly film. On the other hand it's also a ultra violent, blood drenched, tension fest featuring a delightfully twisted villain.
The film starts out rather slowly, telling us the story of Jeong-Hyun (Ju-hyuk Kim), a writer who just secured a publisher, and his beautiful wife Yoon-Hee (Sang Mi Chu). To celebrate their anniversary the couple decide to take a trip to Sokcho to see the winter beach. The romantic getaway is rudely interrupted by local psycho "M", a hitchhiker who terrorizes the couple. M (played wonderfully by Joong-Hoon Park) physically and mentally tortures the couple until the couple finally fight back. Which results in the inevitable disturbingly violent conclusion.
The story does bare some similar plot points with 1986's The Hitcher but is not a re-make. It's more of a revision of Robert Harmon's classic film and it works well. Frankly, the film is more reminiscent of the old HK thrillers with exploitational violence and disturbing twists and turns. Director Sung-Hong Kim decided to play around with the formula and produced a film which is (all fault's aside) fun, disturbing, and suspenseful at the same time.
The couple's performances are adequate, but M is the real reason to watch this film. Joong-Hoon Park is excellent as the calmly evil, psychopathic killer. His antagonist role holds the film together and after the first hour was up I wanted something seriously bad to happen to him. Simply put, M is a cold-hearted bastard and Joong-Hoon did a damn good job playing him. The couple's performances are decent, save a few overly melodramatic romance scenes that are in danger of becoming sappy. But they are played fairly straight out and you care enough about them to root for them.
Let's get this straight though. Say Yes is one wild and bloody ride. There are some truly sadistic scenes in this film leading up to a very shocking-and bloody-conclusion. If brutal violence is your thing then check this out. If not, just be warned the last half of the film is extremely violent and disturbing. But this is one of the reason's why I loved it.
The film does have some minor faults and one glaring one. First off, the major fault is that the couple truly make some stupid choices. I think most people wouldn't behave like this in similar situations. I had to dispel my sense of belief a few times during the film, thinking to myself, "No one would do that!" Aside from the main issue, my other gripe with Say Yes was that the film builds up to a climax that happens too early. The film's logical conclusion point comes thirty minutes from the end. Although irritating, the ensuing blood-bath that follows helps make up for it.
Bottom Line- Overall a satisfying thriller. Good suspense, a great villain, and loads of bloody violence save the film from it's faults.
The film starts out rather slowly, telling us the story of Jeong-Hyun (Ju-hyuk Kim), a writer who just secured a publisher, and his beautiful wife Yoon-Hee (Sang Mi Chu). To celebrate their anniversary the couple decide to take a trip to Sokcho to see the winter beach. The romantic getaway is rudely interrupted by local psycho "M", a hitchhiker who terrorizes the couple. M (played wonderfully by Joong-Hoon Park) physically and mentally tortures the couple until the couple finally fight back. Which results in the inevitable disturbingly violent conclusion.
The story does bare some similar plot points with 1986's The Hitcher but is not a re-make. It's more of a revision of Robert Harmon's classic film and it works well. Frankly, the film is more reminiscent of the old HK thrillers with exploitational violence and disturbing twists and turns. Director Sung-Hong Kim decided to play around with the formula and produced a film which is (all fault's aside) fun, disturbing, and suspenseful at the same time.
The couple's performances are adequate, but M is the real reason to watch this film. Joong-Hoon Park is excellent as the calmly evil, psychopathic killer. His antagonist role holds the film together and after the first hour was up I wanted something seriously bad to happen to him. Simply put, M is a cold-hearted bastard and Joong-Hoon did a damn good job playing him. The couple's performances are decent, save a few overly melodramatic romance scenes that are in danger of becoming sappy. But they are played fairly straight out and you care enough about them to root for them.
Let's get this straight though. Say Yes is one wild and bloody ride. There are some truly sadistic scenes in this film leading up to a very shocking-and bloody-conclusion. If brutal violence is your thing then check this out. If not, just be warned the last half of the film is extremely violent and disturbing. But this is one of the reason's why I loved it.
The film does have some minor faults and one glaring one. First off, the major fault is that the couple truly make some stupid choices. I think most people wouldn't behave like this in similar situations. I had to dispel my sense of belief a few times during the film, thinking to myself, "No one would do that!" Aside from the main issue, my other gripe with Say Yes was that the film builds up to a climax that happens too early. The film's logical conclusion point comes thirty minutes from the end. Although irritating, the ensuing blood-bath that follows helps make up for it.
Bottom Line- Overall a satisfying thriller. Good suspense, a great villain, and loads of bloody violence save the film from it's faults.
Pretty good remake of The Hitcher.
Coolestmovies4 June 2012
Warning: Spoilers
That scene where C. Thomas Howell falls asleep in the police station and awakens to find dead cops? It's here. A villain who goads the hero into attempting to kill him? He's here. The love interest (in this case wife) who doesn't end up in a very nice way? She's here, too. And don't forget the vehicular carnage. Gotta have that if you're gonna remake Robert Harmon's THE HITCHER (1986). This thriller about a couple (Kim Ju-hyuk, Chu Sang-mi) menaced by a (mostly) motiveless psychopath (Park Joong-hoon) during a road trip to a small resort town owes a great deal of its existence to the superior American cult thriller. As such, it's very well made and hits the right shock and gore buttons even as it goes through the motions and director Kim Sung-hong adds almost no new ingredients outside of a somewhat difficult-to-swallow twist ending that doesn't really square with the the hero's character up to that point, but DOES suggests that both he and villain Park are just part of an ongoing cycle of senseless violence. Comedy and action-comedy mainstay Park fills Rutger Hauer's shoes with the same mix of sotto voce menace and unstoppable (and seemingly unkillable) force of nature, but he doesn't bother with the sparkle of bemusement in Hauer's eye that made his grim acts all the more hissable. Not sure the reason — beyond the difficulties most Korean filmmakers have getting sophomore efforts off the ground in such a small and competitive market — but director Kim didn't direct again until 2009's MISSING, a rather disappointing gap considering the potential demonstrated in this remake.
A sub part offering from South Korea
craigjpay-146-37924421 August 2012
South Korean thrillers are amazing, that much is fact. From the hammer swinging, octopus chomping lunacy of 'Oldboy' to the obscenely violent and visceral 'I Saw the devil', they've been kicking the pampered backside of Hollywood's cookie cutter film industry for a good decade now. Sadly, the success of these movies (along with 'The Chaser', 'The Host', 'The Yellow sea' and more) has, in a way, conspired to make 'Say yes' a slightly disappointing movie in comparison.
To celebrate their anniversary, Jeong-Hyun takes wife Yun-Hie on a romantic road trip along the coast, however it's not long into their journey that the happy couple encounter the mysterious (and outwardly hostile) Em, when they back into him with their car. Using this as excuse to demand a lift to the next town, Em begins to show a dark side, openly threatening the couple, who soon realize that their lives could well depend on getting as far away from this man as possible. Unfortunately for them, Em has a sadistic game in mind and has chosen them to play it with.
If all of this sounds familiar, then you, like me, have no doubt seen 'The Hitcher', the seminal psycho hitchhiker flick where a magnificently evil Rutger Hauer takes a young traveler on a horrific and unforgettable journey into hell (figuratively speaking). This film shares a LOT of DNA with 'The Hitcher', from small details like the psycho's trench coat, to larger details, such as the entire plot, a couple of set pieces and much of the character Hauer so skillfully created in his movie. That's not to say that Joong-Hoon Park is not good as Em, he's excellent, genuinely creepy, intimidating and clearly mad as a box of dog dicks (this is one area where he manages to separate his character from Hauer's, who is SO evil that it seems as if he might be the devil himself, Em, on the other hand, is drawn as simply being utterly insane), there are just too many tics and line deliveries that seem a little TOO familiar.
Putting the possible plagiarism to one side, there is plenty to recommended about 'Say yes'. Both of the other two performances in this three-hander are excellent, Ju-Hyuk Kim in particular, as protective and devoted husband Jeong-Hymn, is not afraid to play his character as fairly unsympathetic for a good portion of the film, ignoring his wife's advice and actually engaging in this competition with Em, at least until the full scope of his plan (and his insanity) become clear to him. Sang- Mi Choo acquits herself very well too, despite a severely underwritten role, her character really only serving to keep the stakes high for the increasingly desperate Jeong-Hyun.
Director Sung-Hong Kim manages to maintain an air of tension throughout the film right up until the final 40 minutes, where a series of false endings kill the pace somewhat. Thankfully everything comes back together during the actual finale, it's grisly, shocking, intense, everything I expect from a Korean thriller, and makes me wish that the rest of the movie, which never really rises above being just 'good', could match it.
'Say yes' is a very watchable thriller, with fine performances, it's just a little derivative and a little too much like an American production when compared to other Korean efforts with stronger identities and a little more imagination.
To celebrate their anniversary, Jeong-Hyun takes wife Yun-Hie on a romantic road trip along the coast, however it's not long into their journey that the happy couple encounter the mysterious (and outwardly hostile) Em, when they back into him with their car. Using this as excuse to demand a lift to the next town, Em begins to show a dark side, openly threatening the couple, who soon realize that their lives could well depend on getting as far away from this man as possible. Unfortunately for them, Em has a sadistic game in mind and has chosen them to play it with.
If all of this sounds familiar, then you, like me, have no doubt seen 'The Hitcher', the seminal psycho hitchhiker flick where a magnificently evil Rutger Hauer takes a young traveler on a horrific and unforgettable journey into hell (figuratively speaking). This film shares a LOT of DNA with 'The Hitcher', from small details like the psycho's trench coat, to larger details, such as the entire plot, a couple of set pieces and much of the character Hauer so skillfully created in his movie. That's not to say that Joong-Hoon Park is not good as Em, he's excellent, genuinely creepy, intimidating and clearly mad as a box of dog dicks (this is one area where he manages to separate his character from Hauer's, who is SO evil that it seems as if he might be the devil himself, Em, on the other hand, is drawn as simply being utterly insane), there are just too many tics and line deliveries that seem a little TOO familiar.
Putting the possible plagiarism to one side, there is plenty to recommended about 'Say yes'. Both of the other two performances in this three-hander are excellent, Ju-Hyuk Kim in particular, as protective and devoted husband Jeong-Hymn, is not afraid to play his character as fairly unsympathetic for a good portion of the film, ignoring his wife's advice and actually engaging in this competition with Em, at least until the full scope of his plan (and his insanity) become clear to him. Sang- Mi Choo acquits herself very well too, despite a severely underwritten role, her character really only serving to keep the stakes high for the increasingly desperate Jeong-Hyun.
Director Sung-Hong Kim manages to maintain an air of tension throughout the film right up until the final 40 minutes, where a series of false endings kill the pace somewhat. Thankfully everything comes back together during the actual finale, it's grisly, shocking, intense, everything I expect from a Korean thriller, and makes me wish that the rest of the movie, which never really rises above being just 'good', could match it.
'Say yes' is a very watchable thriller, with fine performances, it's just a little derivative and a little too much like an American production when compared to other Korean efforts with stronger identities and a little more imagination.
For People Who Like Movies from California
ebossert25 October 2007
Warning: Spoilers
There's nothing worse than renting an Asian movie and getting an American movie experience instead.
It's only my opinion, but a good thriller is dependent upon the establishment of likable, intelligent characters. As far as likability is concerned, the protagonists in Say Yes are a quaint married couple. Nicely done. Unfortunately, they are stupid beyond belief. Let us count the ways they mishandle being terrorized by a stalker.
1. After a hitchhiker threatens to kill you, be sure to tell him what hotel you're staying at when you drop him off.
2. Beat the hell out of the stalker in broad daylight and in front of dozens of witnesses, thereby allowing him to press charges of assault.
3. Don't bother telling the police about the stalker and simply assume (for no apparently good reason) that the cops were bribed by him.
4. While trying to escape, let your lady out of your sight as much as possible to ensure that the stalker kidnaps her.
5. After getting help from someone to find the stalker after kidnapping your wife, be sure to send them away as soon as possible so you can face him one-on-one. No point in being unfair, right?
Now, I'd never expect that any person would be immune to making a few mistakes under these stressful conditions, but the characters in Say Yes are so dense and make so many unbelievable mistakes that it's effectively impossible for the viewer to care about their safety, since they are victims of their own doing. This kills the enjoyability of the entire film.
In case you were wondering, the scriptwriters didn't stop with dim-witted characters. Since they themselves are surely dim-witted for writing this crapfest, they decided to make situations so absurdly unrealistic that all sense of reality goes out the window.
1. The stalker kills a cop inside a police station while the protagonist is asleep no more than ten feet away.
2. The stalker engages in all sorts of dubious activities in broad daylight and around tons of people, yet no one other than the married couple seems to notice his odd behavior.
3. The stalker survives an absurd amount of violence that would have killed any human being.
4. The "suspense" scenes had no imagination whatsoever. In fact, some scenes were direct rip-offs from American movies.
The only positive is the decapitation near the end, which was a pretty brutal scene since it was inflicted upon the wife. It's too bad the filmmakers followed it up with an outrageously stupid ending that comes out of left field.
Truly, the Koreans behind the making of Say Yes should be ashamed of themselves. Better yet, they should just move to California and take employment with people who make movies with a similar disregard for quality and intelligence.
It's only my opinion, but a good thriller is dependent upon the establishment of likable, intelligent characters. As far as likability is concerned, the protagonists in Say Yes are a quaint married couple. Nicely done. Unfortunately, they are stupid beyond belief. Let us count the ways they mishandle being terrorized by a stalker.
1. After a hitchhiker threatens to kill you, be sure to tell him what hotel you're staying at when you drop him off.
2. Beat the hell out of the stalker in broad daylight and in front of dozens of witnesses, thereby allowing him to press charges of assault.
3. Don't bother telling the police about the stalker and simply assume (for no apparently good reason) that the cops were bribed by him.
4. While trying to escape, let your lady out of your sight as much as possible to ensure that the stalker kidnaps her.
5. After getting help from someone to find the stalker after kidnapping your wife, be sure to send them away as soon as possible so you can face him one-on-one. No point in being unfair, right?
Now, I'd never expect that any person would be immune to making a few mistakes under these stressful conditions, but the characters in Say Yes are so dense and make so many unbelievable mistakes that it's effectively impossible for the viewer to care about their safety, since they are victims of their own doing. This kills the enjoyability of the entire film.
In case you were wondering, the scriptwriters didn't stop with dim-witted characters. Since they themselves are surely dim-witted for writing this crapfest, they decided to make situations so absurdly unrealistic that all sense of reality goes out the window.
1. The stalker kills a cop inside a police station while the protagonist is asleep no more than ten feet away.
2. The stalker engages in all sorts of dubious activities in broad daylight and around tons of people, yet no one other than the married couple seems to notice his odd behavior.
3. The stalker survives an absurd amount of violence that would have killed any human being.
4. The "suspense" scenes had no imagination whatsoever. In fact, some scenes were direct rip-offs from American movies.
The only positive is the decapitation near the end, which was a pretty brutal scene since it was inflicted upon the wife. It's too bad the filmmakers followed it up with an outrageously stupid ending that comes out of left field.
Truly, the Koreans behind the making of Say Yes should be ashamed of themselves. Better yet, they should just move to California and take employment with people who make movies with a similar disregard for quality and intelligence.
Dire.
Killer_Croc8 April 2008
Warning: Spoilers
'Say Yes' is one of those flicks that you keep hoping is going to get better, but it never does. It's the kind of 'motiveless psychopath decides to menace an innocent couple' crapfest, so beloved of straight to video film-makers.
The dialogue is clunky and, in several places, poorly translated. The acting is uniformly poor, especially from the villain of the piece, played by Joong-Hoon Park. He seems to think that by not blinking and trying to talk in a deep voice he is making his character seem threatening, when all it really does is make him seem a bit simple.
The plot deserves special mention, as it is idiotic beyond all belief. The 'heroes' don't think it overly strange that their hitchhiker threatens to kill them. The 'heroine' twice manages to miss seeing the villain when he is no more than a foot away from her. The villain gets past a police checkpoint (while wearing a shirt covered in blood, and a bloody head bandage) by showing the cops a burnt corpse in the passenger seat of the car he is driving. The villain is punched, clubbed with a shovel and stuck through with a pitchfork, but never seems to be impeded by these, rather serious, injuries. And don't even get me started on that terrible 'twist' ending. Sheesh.
The only plus point in this film, for me, is Sang Mi Chu. Who is very pretty, but really no more than a mediocre actress.
Overall, this film comes off like a poorly written, flaccidly acted and shockingly directed attempt to copy 'The Hitcher' and 'Spoorloos', but it fails at every turn due to a lack of talent in everyone involved.
The dialogue is clunky and, in several places, poorly translated. The acting is uniformly poor, especially from the villain of the piece, played by Joong-Hoon Park. He seems to think that by not blinking and trying to talk in a deep voice he is making his character seem threatening, when all it really does is make him seem a bit simple.
The plot deserves special mention, as it is idiotic beyond all belief. The 'heroes' don't think it overly strange that their hitchhiker threatens to kill them. The 'heroine' twice manages to miss seeing the villain when he is no more than a foot away from her. The villain gets past a police checkpoint (while wearing a shirt covered in blood, and a bloody head bandage) by showing the cops a burnt corpse in the passenger seat of the car he is driving. The villain is punched, clubbed with a shovel and stuck through with a pitchfork, but never seems to be impeded by these, rather serious, injuries. And don't even get me started on that terrible 'twist' ending. Sheesh.
The only plus point in this film, for me, is Sang Mi Chu. Who is very pretty, but really no more than a mediocre actress.
Overall, this film comes off like a poorly written, flaccidly acted and shockingly directed attempt to copy 'The Hitcher' and 'Spoorloos', but it fails at every turn due to a lack of talent in everyone involved.
Awful
atom-mho5 January 2008
I have seen many good Korean Movies including thrillers and movies with darker overtone, but this one sucks. The director seems to be a sadist, who happened to get someone to produce some junk. The movie lacks any sort of entertainment value and is not even a thriller. I can't believe someone really made such a movie. Even though acting is OK, the story line and the feeling it leaves is awful.
I am sure, I am not going to see any movies of this director. No sense of movie making, and utter disappointment in having thriller moments. All this has is showing scenes with psychopath wasting the reels with badly shot scenes and showing more blood and violence thinking that makes it thrilling. Very disappointing movie and I strongly recommend skipping all the movies of this sort.
I am sure, I am not going to see any movies of this director. No sense of movie making, and utter disappointment in having thriller moments. All this has is showing scenes with psychopath wasting the reels with badly shot scenes and showing more blood and violence thinking that makes it thrilling. Very disappointing movie and I strongly recommend skipping all the movies of this sort.
An Unforgettable Trip
claudio_carvalho1 October 2007
In Seoul, when the aspirant writer Jeong-hyun (Ju-hyuk Kim) finds an editor for his book, he buys a car and calls his wife and translator Yoon-hee (Sang Mi Chu) to travel to Sokcho to celebrate in style their first anniversary of marriage. He promises an unforgettable trip to her, and their happiness is briefly interrupted when the couple has an incident with a drifter (Joong-Hoon Park) that asks them for a lift. The guy chases them and irritates Jeong-hyun, provoking his reaction in public. Along the next days, the expressionless man proves to be a psychopath to the couple, but always without witnesses. When Jeong-hyun and Yoon-hee believe they have escaped from the man, they find that he is a sadistic murderer in their tail and they have to fight to survive.
"Sae-yi Yaeseu" is an excellent combination of "Cape Fear", "The Hitcher" and "Duel" but with a great difference in its conclusion. Hollywood would never let a gore and noncommercial unhappy end like in this movie. Joong-Hoon Park is perfect in the role of a deranged psychopath that decides to destroy the life of the couple just because they are happy. His exaggerated indestructibility recalls T-1000 in "Terminator 2: Judgment Day", but it works, increasing the action and the suspense of the story. The gorgeous Sang Mi Chu shows a wonderful chemistry with Ju-hyuk Kim, contributing to a darker and also ambiguous end. I regret that this film is totally underrated in IMDb User Rating. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Morra ou Diga Sim" ("Die or Say Yes")
"Sae-yi Yaeseu" is an excellent combination of "Cape Fear", "The Hitcher" and "Duel" but with a great difference in its conclusion. Hollywood would never let a gore and noncommercial unhappy end like in this movie. Joong-Hoon Park is perfect in the role of a deranged psychopath that decides to destroy the life of the couple just because they are happy. His exaggerated indestructibility recalls T-1000 in "Terminator 2: Judgment Day", but it works, increasing the action and the suspense of the story. The gorgeous Sang Mi Chu shows a wonderful chemistry with Ju-hyuk Kim, contributing to a darker and also ambiguous end. I regret that this film is totally underrated in IMDb User Rating. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Morra ou Diga Sim" ("Die or Say Yes")
bone crunchingly wild last 40 minutes
christopher-underwood12 January 2007
This Korean 'Hitcher' may lack Rutger Hauer but it still has style and if the, admittedly disturbing, first half strikes one as fairly mild watch out for the bone crunchingly wild last 40 minutes or so, which are so, over the top.
If as seems possible, Hong Kong is having to reign in some of it's cinematic excesses under pressure from their new bosses on the mainland, then this little domain seems keen to take over in the torturous, gut wrenching and bloody stakes.
Not overly original but tough indeed and some really nasty stuff. So, why not say yes to this little seen film?
If as seems possible, Hong Kong is having to reign in some of it's cinematic excesses under pressure from their new bosses on the mainland, then this little domain seems keen to take over in the torturous, gut wrenching and bloody stakes.
Not overly original but tough indeed and some really nasty stuff. So, why not say yes to this little seen film?
Slick and sick little thriller
sain1115 September 2005
Say Yes is a taut, slick, thriller that deserves to be seen. Well made, well acted, well directed. It is fast paced, twisted and sick, as a good thriller should be.
This is a film that balances nicely between gritty realism, and heightened-realism, without falling into the realms of "hollywood-realism". For example, there are car chases and crashes, but nothing explodes, and the cars stay crashed! While the story of a couple picking up a hitcher who then terrorises them has obviously been done before, this movie has enough originality and realism to make the simple premise fresh and entertaining.
There are some quite gruesome and bloody moments to keep you squirming, and plenty of tension. This is a great little thriller and well worth a watch.
This is a film that balances nicely between gritty realism, and heightened-realism, without falling into the realms of "hollywood-realism". For example, there are car chases and crashes, but nothing explodes, and the cars stay crashed! While the story of a couple picking up a hitcher who then terrorises them has obviously been done before, this movie has enough originality and realism to make the simple premise fresh and entertaining.
There are some quite gruesome and bloody moments to keep you squirming, and plenty of tension. This is a great little thriller and well worth a watch.
A gritty film with a sadistic stalker come killer
darrylwad16 May 2010
I've watched this film twice so far and in my opinion it's one of the best thrillers I've seen to date from Asia, whilst not being as good as the likes of 'Infernal affairs' or 'Chaser' I still rate this highly all the same.
The bad guy is very good and totally believable in the role, as are the couple who he decides to prey on and generally make their lives a misery, whilst slowly driving them mad with every psychological/physical turn.
There's a consistently good atmosphere in the film which is at times brutal to a pretty high degree.
The film is about the right length, overall a very good watch, it probably won't blow you away, but it's much better than most thrillers over the past 5-10 years or so, well worth checking out.
The bad guy is very good and totally believable in the role, as are the couple who he decides to prey on and generally make their lives a misery, whilst slowly driving them mad with every psychological/physical turn.
There's a consistently good atmosphere in the film which is at times brutal to a pretty high degree.
The film is about the right length, overall a very good watch, it probably won't blow you away, but it's much better than most thrillers over the past 5-10 years or so, well worth checking out.
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