Park Chan-Wook is most notable for his revenge films. ‘Oldboy’ is what really put him on the map of movie fan-dom, but the other two films in the “Vengeance Trilogy” were met with equal enjoyment. His follow up directing effort after the last film of the trilogy, ‘Sympathy for Lady Vengeance’, was something that surprised movie geeks all around the world.
‘I’m a Cyborg, But That’s OK’, is a romantic comedy about a young woman (Im Su-jeong) who thinks she is, in fact, a cyborg. Institutionalized, the girl refuses to eat, claiming that the only nourishment her body needs is from sucking on batteries and giving herself electric shocks. In the mental hospital, the girl meets a young man (Korean pop singer, Rain) who believes he can steal people’s souls. From her lack of real nourishment, the girl begins to physically deteriorate, and the boy must figure out a way to help her.
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