Recalled (2021) : Brief Review -

A super korean mystery thriller with enough twists and unexpected emotional bonding. Korean thrillers are known for its utter brutality and highly twisting storylines but there are few films in the same gene which also cared a lot about emotional quotient. Recalled is one of those few films which fulfills all the criteria of mystery thriller and takes a very good care of relationship bonds as well. The film is about a woman who starts seeing her future after losing her memory and then discovers many hidden facts from the past. This idea of playing with time period and then adding interesting elements like hallucinations, memory loss certainly increases our curiousity. One has to understand this thing and it's very important that the Film is not just a thriller but also an emotional drama. If it had chosen to go on the way of just a thriller then it would have been more thrilling but it had second side of the door which openes gates for connecting human sentiment and therefore loses mind-blowing factors in the climax. Well, that doesn't mean it's a simple film, it has many mind-blowing theories in the narrative but it just don't save them for the climax. Seo, Kim and Yeom are fine in their roles and even supporting cast members are pretty good. Seo Yoo-min's direction is fantastic as he dares to simply mysterious ingredients. Many directors don't provide answers to all the questions and we even forget those scenes after seeing boggling climaxes but Recalled has clarification given to every question. With few changes in the climax it would have been classic thriller but still whatever it has is more than enough for one time watch. Overall, it's fabulous film for some valid reasons but you just have to care a less about the genre.

RATING - 6.5/10*

By - #samthebestest.

Movie, especially if youre of the squemish kind of viewer of supernatural, mysterious puzzle thriller movies. Its definately south korean filmaking on a high level, and if made by some newbie in the cinematology craftmanship its very insightful and brilliantly done, if made by a seasoned one, its still good.

Its really a sort of complex story that is actually so clueless its hard to spoil without refering the whole written screenplay, even then its deviously hard... but its a woman, claimingly having had an accident leaving her in a coma. Waking up in total amnesia about prelife experiences has to learn the world from start.and what a start of a life. A myriade of illusions and dellusions combined with inceptions of nightmarish fortune telling moments flaring her brain, makes her action and reactions become rekcognized as a mad ones. But is there a any sense in what she says and does.

Everyone that has lived a human life, have also experienced the inhuman sides of it, and the female caracter within the plot of this movie seems to get them all served in one day. Can it be too much of it??? Actually yes, and then its hard to handle, but thats my perseptive evaluation. But still its a very recommendable film, youll get surprised all the waay to the end.. and do you not like the film listen to the score, hi quality as usual for s.k. Films so go for it is the last words from a grumpy old man.

A woman wakes up with amnesia. As flashes of memory come back she starts to suspect her husband. It may seem this set up has been done before. But then there is a twist that even seasoned movie goers might not expect and explains things well. If the viewer finds it confusing at first just concentrate to distinguish flashbacks from the present. Because the twist is good the latter half is quite good too unlike other shows where things fall off after the twist. Here it becomes involving emotionally in a uniquely Korean way.

Seo Ye Ji is beautiful and does the vulnerable thing well. She is different in different roles. Completely different vibe from It's Okay. I guess she acted so well in It's Okay people confused her for her character. This movie is extra poignant because of the absurd scandal that hit Seo Ye Ji around the premiere. Really hope this isn't her swan song. She is so beautiful and talented. She must come back.