Koreatown
2019 · 10m · USA
Directed by Grant Hyun
Genres: crime, drama, thriller
A karaoke host in Los Angeles takes a second-round request from a customer who wants him to escort her home. The night curdles into a finale the marketing copy would rather just call disturbing.
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The scouts
Karaoke hosts as a profession is already cinema — Hyun knows it, shoots it like a noir, and earns the gut-punch ending. Style with actual menace underneath.
Neon-saturated K-town karaoke noir letting a transactional ride home decay into something far uglier — Refn's Drive scaled to a karaoke booth with early Park Chan-wook moral queasiness. Serious.
A neon-saturated K-town karaoke noir letting a transactional ride home decay into something far uglier — doumi setting is genuinely fresh territory. Stylish drama with the moral queasiness of early Park Chan-wook is a heavy lift but worth pursuing.
Reviews
Stylish drama full of controlled tension and striking neon visuals, with great performances and evocative tunes.