This Korean film surpasses Dune 2 with 8 million admissions in less than 3 weeks, a surprise not to be missed!

News culture This Korean film surpasses Dune 2 with 8 million admissions in less than 3 weeks, a surprise not to be missed!

Dune 2 is a hit everywhere, but not unbeatable everywhere. In South Korea in particular, Denis Villeneuve’s science fiction feature film grossed $2.63 million in its second weekend. It’s a lot, but it’s less than certain Connect, a film that did not reach our region and that grossed $6.52 million during the same period (or 67% of the total box office market). The film is directed by Jang Jae-hyun, who still only has four films under his belt, including the niche film Svaha: The sixth fingerwith Squid Game star Jung-jae Lee.

The story of Exhuma follows a wealthy Los Angeles family who call on two young shamans to save their newborn baby, who they believe is the victim of a series of paranormal events. The film has been a local hit for three weeks, certainly thanks to its star cast: We think Min-sik Choi, star of the cult revenge film old boybut also Do-hyun Lee, who you recently enjoyed in the Netflix series The glory as well as Go-eun Kim, seen in Little womanDrama series also available on SVOD platform.

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Connect (2024)

No publication in France?

Media outlet Variety tells us that after nearly three weeks of release, the film has already grossed $58.7 million from eight million admissions, making it the top-grossing feature film of 2024 in South Korea. Dune 2 For his part, signed a total of 11 million dollars within 12 days. Unfortunately, no screenings are planned in French-speaking countries Connect. Publication in Europe is still limited to German-speaking areas only. However, it is hard to imagine that he could completely avoid France, which is very fond of South Korean productions.

There are no reviews of “Exhuma” on the Rotten Tomatoes page yet, but a quick look at the Letterboxd platform allows us to get some opinions from viewers. In particular, Adam Putra, who gives the film a nice rating of 4/5, writes that it is “an impressive improvement on the part of Jang Jae-hyun, who had made an unconvincing detective film, Svaha: The Sixth Finger (2022).”‘ ‘. He added: “Exhuma is bloodcurdling entertainment and certainly one of the most fascinating and exciting horror films South Korea has ever made.” Less convinced, one Al Pacino gives a rating of 3.5/5 and estimates that “the film certainly is brilliantly done, but it tries to juggle too many things, becoming more and more disorganized as time goes on. that it progresses in an exaggerated manner for a long time.””

I can also recommend it to anyone who is a fan of horror stories, Southeast Asian cinema and shaman stories The mediuma Thai feature film released in 2022 that presents itself as a mockumentary. We follow a film crew as they set out to make a documentary about shamanism in a village where lives Nim, a shaman possessed by a spirit that is passed down from generation to generation. Thrill guaranteed.