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Han Dong-sub's comments have received far more attention than expected.

As soon as "Chaser" was released, it sparked discussion in the whole society, and also attracted the attention of the government, and "Chaser" even won the official affirmation of the Seoul Metropolitan Government, and published a commendation article for Na Hongzhen, which can be regarded as adding another fire to the popularity of "Chaser".

Among them, Han Dong-sub's unique comment analyzes the movie from Chung-ho's perspective, which is eye-catching. As for the comments on Lee Joon-yi's performance, there were only a few words, but they gave the highest praise, so that everyone had a new understanding of the role of Zhonghao and Lee Joon-yi. In fact, there have been many reviews analyzing Han Dong-sub's film reviews, and the subsequent effects of this have also included relevant scholars starting from Chung-ho to analyze social phenomena.

Originally, in criminal movies, the heroes are all policemen, but the highlight is the criminal, a successful criminal, and justice is on par, so that the criminal movie can go to a higher realm. In "The Chaser" is no exception, Yingmin's madness and ruthlessness have made this criminal successfully shine in film critics, and many film critics believe that this is the most successful breakthrough in Xia Zhengyu's career as an actor, and believe that Xia Zhengyu will have a brighter future in his future career as an actor.

But unlike other criminal movies in "Chaser", the hero is not a policeman, and he doesn't even represent justice, just a pimp. Chung-ho in Han Dong-sub's film review is not perfect, but it is precisely this imperfection that perfectly satirizes society. The highlight of the character of Zhonghao is no longer just a hero, but also includes the thinking of human nature, the thinking of society, and the kind of heart that is more than enough to change the status quo of society.

In "The Chaser", it was supposed to be the good and evil sides of Mai Mang, but because of Han Dongxie's film review, Chung Ho played by Lee Joon-yi was highly motivated, and suddenly overshadowed Xia Zhengyu. When more film critics walked into the cinema, or walked into the cinema for the second and third time, they found more highlights, in the movie, Li Zhunyi and Xia Zhengyu's drama, compared with Xia Zhengyu's old qualifications, Li Zhun Yi did not fall behind at all, not only did not tie his hands because of the age barrier, but dug out more psychological aspects of Zhonghao. Perhaps, there is only one regret, Chung Ho played by Lee Joon-yi is too handsome, let alone for a pimp. In any case, for a while, Lee Joon-yi and Chung-ho became the focus of the most attention along with the "pursuers".

Korean films ushered in 2008 in a downturn, but at the beginning of 2008, there were many bright spots. Compared with 2007, 2008 was only a month old, and some movies took the lead in crossing the 4 million mark. It was the sports-themed "The Most Wonderful Moment of My Life" that achieved this achievement, and although it was somewhat stained with the light of the Olympic year, the inspirational women's handball theme was inspiring and captured the taste of the audience, but it was still a success.

In contrast, as the "pursuer" of the dark horse, it was able to spread word of mouth and gain recognition in many aspects after only one week of release, which is commendable. The low cost has overcome many unfavorable factors: for example, the schedule is unfavorable, February to March is not a popular schedule, the classification of "forbidden to watch under 18 years old" will inevitably cause the loss of the audience, and the main creators are generally famous, even if it is the only attraction Lee Joon-yi, his achievements in movies are lackluster - "Love Empty" is a Japanese movie, and it is impossible to do it. This also leads to the fact that not many people have high hopes for it in advance, after all, there are a large number of Korean films that were buried during the bubble period. In front of the police and bandit films, it is too difficult to shoot new ideas and attract attention, so it is not an exaggeration to call the "pursuer" a dark horse.

The story of "Chaser" can make people think of the classic Korean police film "Memories of Murder" for the first time, which is also about the theme of serial murder, and is also based on real people and historical events. But unlike the atypical ending of "Memories of Murder" where the murderer was not captured and the blame of the historical era was revealed, the murderer of the "pursuer" appeared early, and even had no remorse. The man, Ji Young-min, is based on Yoo Yong-chul, who was convicted in 2004, and his heinous crimes have caused a sensation in South Korea. Due to the psychological distortion caused by his family's poor family since childhood, he was arrested after killing 20 people. The last murder was the masseuse woman who involved his hatred, and the person who reported him was the massage parlor owner.

Dismembering corpses and setting fire to the traces, Yoo Yong-chul can be said to be an unforgivable crime, but he actually threatened to kill hundreds of people if he did not receive the death penalty (this person has a record of mental disorders), and his desire for death is chilling. The case sparked a heated and widespread discussion, but mostly a lash at him. The "pursuer" borrowed the shell of the incident and discarded the idle and miscellaneous details, the murderer is the murderer, and there is no extra room for filling. Luo Hongzhen said at the beginning of the filming that no matter what the intention, murder is unforgivable.

If the bloody violence is highly exaggerated and the sensational effect is pursued, then the Yoo Yong-chul incident will be the Korean version of the "Silence of the Lambs", and it is necessary to dig into the depth of the theme, and there is already a pearl of "murderous memories" in front. Therefore, it will be even more difficult for the "pursuers" to succeed. Even so, "Chaser" still achieved great success, and even the remake rights were bought by Hollywood in the first place, and Leonardo DiCaprio has the hope of playing the role of the male lead in the film.

The film focuses on character creation and highlights novelty. The murderer confessed to the murder without remorse, the police pretended to do nothing, and the life and death of the last victim were put on the line. Only the owner of the massage parlor, Chung Ho, took over the task and launched a pursuit for her survival. In order to get closer to the traditional police and bandit model, Zhonghao's character background is set as a criminal policeman, which seems to be impartial and fills in the necessary sense of justice. But as a pragmatist, his starting point is more to recover the masseuse as a tool for profit. Chung-ho is not a traditional civilian hero, and his interests are at stake in the pursuit. This balances out the bias in the role setup, and does not tilt the value balance in favor of either side of the chase.

On the whole, the story of "Chaser" can still be classified as a police and bandit genre film, but it breaks the traditional mode of explaining the ins and outs, condenses time in a thrilling night, and runs through the whole process with a sense of urgency of racing against time. A suspenseful chase with no end, the indispensable heavy rain, the alleyway chase where you chase me, the "pursuer" can always inadvertently bring the effect of peaks and loops. The influence of the police is eliminated in this story, and the message is inadvertently revealed that in this modern society where everyone is at risk, ordinary people really have little hope of relying on the police to protect their safety. However, Zhonghao's search is more often a kind of reproach, who really cares about the low-level victims who have no status.

If "Memories of Murder" is to open up a new realm in the world of police and gangster films, then "Chaser" is a successful mutation. There is no Freudian theory or the pain of social transformation in the film, there is only thrilling from beginning to end.

The low-budget, low-cost, low-attention "Chaser" succeeded, with unprecedented success.

In the first week, the number of viewers of "Chaser" exceeded one million, and the previous box office record for thrillers was held by "Memories of Murder", which took ten days to break the million audience mark, while "Chaser" only took one weekend. While setting records, "Chaser" beat out films such as "Shuttle", "Juno", and "L-Gaiden" to win the box office championship in the first week of broadcasting.

After that, under the attack of a series of films such as "Atonement", "Fool", "Fate", "Ranger", "Slam Dunk", "Assembly Number", "Blueberry Night", "Dance My Life 2", "Chaser" still won the championship for three consecutive weeks, was released for a month, and stayed on the championship for four consecutive weeks, which can be said to have earned countless faces for Korean local films. Especially when the "fate" in which Song Seung-hun and Kwon Sang-woo participated defeated Maicheng, the "pursuer" was even more commendable.

In terms of the number of moviegoers, it took only 13 days for "Chaser" to break through the threshold of 3 million, 12 days earlier than the number of "The Best Moments of My Life", which created 4 million moviegoers today, reached 3 million. In the third week of broadcasting, due to the popularity of the movie, the movie screen played by "Chaser" increased by twenty-four, which means that the box office is likely to increase significantly.

After a month of broadcasting, "Chaser" has surpassed 6 million people and is very likely to become the box office champion in the first quarter of 2008.

In the fifth week of the release of "Chaser", the Hollywood blockbusters "10,000 Years Prehistory" and "First Blood 4" were menacing and faced huge challenges.

It wasn't until the sixth week of the broadcast of "Chaser" that the five-week world of "Chaser" ended by "10,000 years of prehistory", and "Chaser" fell to the runner-up position, and also stayed in the runner-up position for three weeks, which can be said to be the strongest film performance in Korean cinema in the first half of the year. But who would have thought that the "Chaser" would perform so well.

At this time, when everyone looked back at Zhao Yihuan's article on "head-to-head duel", they couldn't help but be dumbfounded, the success of "Chaser" really proved Li Zhunyi's magic again, so what about "Twilight"?

Although it is an exaggeration to say that "Chaser" was a box office hit, "Chaser" was able to achieve such excellent results in the end, which still left all film critics speechless, and in the face of countless praise for the film, they also began to ponder the general downturn in Korean films: Why are there so few excellent movies like "Chaser" now?

Today's first update. Sorry for being half an hour late for the update. (！)