"I'm A Cyborg" is a madcap fantasy which splices together the screwball romance of "Amelie", Tim Burton's fantastical design, and "One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest" characters.
Quirky is the word of the day, and it is more than appropriate for this gem of a film. So what's it about I hear you ask? Well wrap up tight in whatever garment adorns your body and listen closely as we are travel down the road of Japanese charm.
Directed by Park Chan Wook; who is an absolute a master of his craft tells the story of two young lovers in a mental institution. Sounds' intriguing already, however the 'fun' does not stop there. Let me explain just who these two young lover birds are. What a terrible cliché there, will have to make up for that poor use of language later in the review.
Essentially you have two main characters, as just about every romantic comedy has these days. I am calling this film a romantic comedy and I really shouldn't; it has way more substance and ingenuity to it than your typical romantic comedies. Young-goon the female lead does indeed fall for Park Il-sun the strapping male character, but she is not your average young liberated women, she is a cyborg.
I am more than aware that as this review progresses certain aspects of this film will be branded as just ludicrous or ridiculous but that is one of its strengths. This is a film is unique, it is like nothing you have ever seen before. Poor cliché count moves up to two with that last sentence. Anyways, the unique factor it has is only enhanced with the cast of characters dotted throughout its Rubik's cube plot. You will be welcomed into the mental institutions family by been given the honour of meeting such inmates as a girl who thinks she is a Swiss yodeller, a paranoid middle aged man and even a young female that can only look at people with the aid of a mirror. Sounds like the usual lot you would find at a Glaswegian chippy but with a bit more charisma thrown in to make it a show.
I am getting too bogged down with the plot so I will attempt to move away from it and explain more reasons why you should go see this film. So far we have the plot and the characters. Next up is the visuals.
Park Chan Wook always directs his films to have a haunting beauty surrounding them. This film is set in a mental hospital is no different. We are expecting the environment to look morbid and depressing, it simply shouldn't look pretty. But Park is able to make it look like a surreal wonder that we all secretly want to experience. Kind of like Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory only without the chocolate river. Watching the film on blu-ray lifted the vivid colours and emblazed them on your retinas, with your only response to this intrusive procedure being a smile.
I always feel slightly awkward commenting on the performances of the actors in foreign films as I am usually not a fluent speaker of their native tongue, and it seems as though I don't have the proper 'credentials' so to speak to fully comment on their acting ability. But I will say that they two leads in this film were great. In no way where they over bearing or rash, it was subtle and measured to perfection. Exactly the way a film like this should be treated.
So with all this fluff over and done with, the real reason why people read a review is to see if they should buy it or not. And for me the answer to that question in regards to this film is yes. You may come away from the film without a firm grip on the plot or what precisely happened. But what you will come away with is a smile on your face and a nice warm fuzzy feeling in your heart. Total poor cliché count - Three.
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Offbeat Korean comedy from director Chan-wook Park. Young-goon (Su-jeong Lim ) is admitted to a mental institution and, believing she's a cyborg, charges herself with a transistor radio. Il-sun Park (Rain), a fellow inmate, steals the other inmates' personality traits and believes he is fading and will one day turn into a dot. When Young-goon refuses to eat, Il-sun decides it's his job to get her on her feet again.
Please note this is a region B Blu-ray and will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play. I'm A Cyborg, the latest film from the Korean director Park Chan-wook, is a madcap fantasy, screwball romance. Young-goon is admitted to a mental institution, believing herself a cyborg, she charges herself with a transistor radio. Il-soon a fellow inmate steals the other inmates' personality traits and believes he is fading and will one day turn into a dot. When Young-goon refuses to eat, Il-soon decides it's his job to get her on her feet again. This charming, tender and visually arresting film cements Park Chanwook's reputation as one of the most gifted and playful filmmakers working today. An offbeat romantic comedy, I'm A Cyborg is a touching and highly inventive film from one of Korea's best known director's Park Chan-wook. This charming, tender, visually arresting film won the Alfred Bauer Prize for a work of particular innovation at the 2007 Berlin Film Festival. Actors Su-jeong Lim, Rain, Hie-jin Choi, Byeong-ok Kim, Yong-nyeo Lee, Dal-su Oh & Ho-jeong Yu Director Chan-wook Park Certificate 15 years and over Year 2006 Screen Widescreen 1.85:1 Anamorphic Languages Korean - Dolby True HD (5.1) Subtitles English Duration 1 hour 45 minutes (approx)
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