I am never really sure why i watch Korean movies but i think i always have a hope that i will be surprised and like them. That they are different from the Hollywood kind is obvious and they usually have some redeeming qualities.
Thirst is a strange story about a priest that volunteers to help find a vaccine for a deadly virus so he is intentionally infected. He dies and almost immediately wakes up, then not knowing that he has turned into a vampire.
I could go on for a while and tell you about all the things that happen later on but i will just say that the way vampires die in this movie reminds me off how they died in Blade and that is the most positive thing i have to say.
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The characters are all dull and the moral dilemma the priest faces as he needs to drink human blood to survive is not compelling and does not really move me. You can see the conclusion coming from a mile away and i ended up fast-forwarding a lot. The love-drama is also not very exciting even though there are some surprisingly "explicit" sex-scenes.
The director Chan-wook Park has mixed some comedy into the vampire story but even if i smiled a few times it doesn't really work.
I just have add this movie to a growing pile of failed attempts to broaden my movie-horizon.
I do not recommend this movie even on dvd.
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