Pieta
Dir: Kim Ki-duk
2012
**
Kim Ki-Duk is trying to tell an interesting story but the shock tactics used distract from the overall message. There is absolutely no depth to the story or characters what so ever. Not important you cry? I totally disagree. Is this the same guy that directed the wonderful Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring? The direction is visually sound but everything else is second rate, cheap and lazy. There are about 10 existential 'Oedipus complex' French films that I need to go back to and award an extra half star to thanks to this film. Honestly, there are countless South Korean films that tell the same story but in a much more successful way.