Midnight is a 2021 Korean film that was written and directed by Kwon Oh Seung. The film stars Jin Ki Joo, Wi Ha Joon, Kim Hye Yoon, and Park Hoon. The film was scheduled for a 2020 release but was pushed back to 2021 due to Covid. Midnight ended up placing at third place at the Korean box office with well over seven million tickets sold.
A deaf girl tries to outrun, match, AND outwit a serial killers after she is witness to one of his kidnappings.....
Midnight doesn't bring too much new content to what South Korea hasn't already done with slasher thrillers. However, this still doesn't mean that the movie isn't a thrill ride. The plot centers around a girl who is deaf. From the time the film starts, you get a look into her world as a person who can't communicate well in her place of work, or her not hearing what is going on in a group of employees. I wish that the director had played with this concept of her not being able to hear more in terms of the nail bitting scenes. There's a spooky atmosphere in fighting a killer in complete silence that could have really driven the nail in the coffin but the film only uses dead silence for a few scenes. Midnight still is able to carry on as a pretty decent thriller thought, as I found myself yell at the female lead multiple times during the film. What I will also say is that had the serial killer not had enjoyed the chase, our main character would have died a long time ago..... She was almost killed so many times that it was frustrating. It didn't help that the killer was a crazed maniac that was good at tricking people and liked hurting women. Midnight edged toward the conclusion where the second to the last scene should have been the final scene. What was the last scene is vary typical Korean drama/ film ending that I don't think did this film any favors in terms of standing out.
Wi Ha Joon(Squid Game) ate and embodied this film as the serial killer. Midnight was his moment to really shine and that he did. I haven't been so angry at a killer in a long time. This jerk kept getting away because he was so cunning at tricking folks. Not to mention the victim can only use sign language or write down her thoughts, so it was easy for him to manipulate that. Jin Ki Joo spunky character was the comedic relief as well as the glue that brought everything together. One scene she was in had me crying because she was begging for her life and she was so pitiful in a way.
Midnight has a good replay value as a typical South Korean thriller. The film is above average with some great performances from the cast. Also, a good message about how the treat hearing impaired people is in there too.
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