Korean Movie Review: The Five (더 파이브)

Posted By: Ajummah Posted On: March 30, 2014

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Release Date:
Genre: Thriller
Cast: Kim Sun-ah, Ma Dong-seok, Shin Jung-keun, Lee Chung-ah, Jung In-gi

Review:

Kim Sun-ah! I love this woman so much!!! I Mean seriously, she has to be one of my favorite actresses. She didn’t disappoint me in this movie either.

*WARNING: THIS MOVIE MAY WILL MAKE YOU CRY IN DESPAIR AND HATE LIFE*

I’ve been waiting for this movie since I first heard about it last year. I knew it was going to be a while because I live in a place where there isn’t one of those fancy movie theaters that offer screenings of new Asian movies (which kinda sucks). So I did what any normal international Korean drama/movie watcher does…I forgot.

Fast forward a year and 1 night, and I was floating on gooddrama.net looking for something new to watch. My eyes glossed over it and it took a second to register. My hands started shaking (in dead serious) as I clicked the link and checked some of the comments (making sure there wasn’t any missing audio or bad subs). I had to let my drama/movie watching partner in twitter know what was about to go down.

@NewKDramaAddict The Five is out on gooddrama!!!! There will be no sleep for me ^_^
— Young Ajummah (@Young_Ajummah) March 30, 2014

I quickly finished some work I was putting off and made plans with myself to make a pot of coffee and get down to business. Unfortunately, my body had other plans. Apparently sleep is needed every other week before your body takes over and MAKES you sleep *sigh*

I was up by 7, breakfast and coffee made, ready to go.

Let me pause my ramblings by saying this. I am a mother. We all know this. Lately watching things where children die, effects me in the negative sense. It’s gotten to the point to where I try to avoid shows/movies that have this. I don’t know… This movie has this type of thing, I knew it but I still watched it. So shame on me for knowing and watching anyway. Maybe that’s why I’m still grumpy.

Anyway… here is the official blurb about the movie via Hancinema:

Based on an original web-toon, a woman gives up her organs for guarantee and takes revenge on a serial killer who killed her family.
After losing her family in front of her eyes, Eun-ah plans the revenge to THE ONE who killed her family. She lures people who need organ transplant promising them to give her organs after taking her revenge.

Holy Smokes. I mean seriously…there is no happiness in this movie (maybe the first 5 mins). Kim Sun-ah played the crap out of Eun-ah and whoever was the “The One” did a bang up job as well. I wanted (still do a bit) assist in his capture. The cast was freaking fantastic and you will recognize all members of the five.

Kim Sun-ah plays Eun-ah
Ma Dong Suk plays Dae-ho
Shin Dong Geum plays Nam cheol
Jeong In-gi plays Cheol Min
Lee Cheong-ah plays Jeong-ha

Even the extended cast had some familiar faces.

Even though Eun- ah ended up being in a wheelchair, she held her own when fighting against “The One”. I made mention of her turning into a female McGuyver. I didn’t tweet it though because i was so into the movie and it was kinda early in the morning. The few tweets I did make though were…interesting.

Don’t eat while watching #TheFive 0_o
— Young Ajummah (@Young_Ajummah) March 30, 2014

Even though this girl is dumb as all get out, at least she had the foresight to take her HIGH HEELED SHOES off b4 trying to run. #TheFive
— Young Ajummah (@Young_Ajummah) March 30, 2014

Gonna take me half a day to recover from #TheFive. I swear I’m always crying over these movies.
— Young Ajummah (@Young_Ajummah) March 30, 2014

*sigh* I’m still recovering. Hopefully in a few hours I’ll be well enough to watch The Accomplice which has been on my list to see for awhile.

Final thoughts: Eun-ah got what she wanted though I feel like it was justice. The action was alright but I think the story, the plot, of the movie was better. Check out the trailer below and let me know what you think!