Monopoly (2006)
Kyung-ho is a genius computer programmer who manages the on-line networks of all banks in Korea. One day, he accidentally runs into a man, John, who is an attractive businessman. John invites Kyung-ho to experience his lifestyle in high society. Through these lavish escapades, Kyung-ho is awakened to his hidden desires. As Kyung-ho finds out about a secret project John is working on, John asks him to join him in a plan to illegally withdraw small amounts of money from all the bank accounts across Korea by using Kyung-ho’s genius computer programming skills. With absolute trust in John, Kyung-ho finally joins this huge con game against Korea. Will John and Kyung-ho, who dream of being on top of the world, be the winners of this game?
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Wonderfully offbeat film!
Absolutely amazing
This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.
It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,
i would recommend this movie only if you have nothing to do to kill time you can also better sleep than watch this . the story is about banking fraud. it starts with police interogation of two persons caught in relating to the fraud. the guy is hypnotized to know the truth. but i did'nt understand the hypnotisation part, how can a guy lie in hypnotised state. even more funny how can a guy withdraw money from various accounts say thousands of accounts atonce from a single computer. how can the guy predict to steal a car from cops and jump of the bridge and act that he is gonna commit suicide while escaping that to he hid oxygen cylinder in the water some time ago. apart from these silly mistakes, the story telling during the investigation is OK which alone lifts the movie from various lackluster things.
On seeing the previews of the movie I was expecting a slick Asian action movie and I was right on one count that it was slick but not an action movie. I don't normally watch Asian films so I cant comment on certain elements that are so unlike a typical Hollywood movie, but the change was refreshing. Things like the fact that lead Kyung Ho is a closet homosexual and though it is a vital key to the whole plot , isn't really focused upon . Anybody who has seen the Usual Suspects can instantly identify key elements of that movie in this one. An apparent loser being questioned by the police. The cops being unwittingingly manipulated into hanging onto his every word and their instant reaction to his every utterance. A massive unveiling of the way that its just a big fib and how it was made..... A word of advice , leave your common sense at the door when watching this movie. There are enough plot holes to fill a crater. But when you think about it , its actually acceptable since it was a fib anyway and everything that he said , however implausible it may seem in real life, is okay and it was just the cops who were gullible enough to fall for it. Definitely different for the average Western viewers , an Asian movie without any martial arts or violence.