Review of Pieta (2012) by Lacy M — 25 May 2013

This movie starts out interestingly enough. A guy in South Korea acts as an enforcer for those who don't pay their debts to the local loan shark. He's stoic, hyper-violent, and alone in the world. Until a woman stands on his doorstep claiming she's his long lost mother and that she's come to take care of him. What follows is a movie that we've seen South Korea become famous for. It's an odd tale of revenge with occasional extreme acts of violence and sexuality.

The problem is that we have seen it before. We've seen it shot in a way where nearly every frame is art, and art this ain't. The story quickly becomes predictable and it seems like the camerawork gets worse and worse. Not for me, kiddos. Not for me.