When a series of gruesome murders hit Seoul, the Korean investigation police has no choice but to ask help from world-renowned French doctor Alice Launey who developed a revolutionary technique for recognizing bodies. With more corpses on the way and a mysterious organ trafficking ring uncovered, things are about to get more dangerous in the land of the morning calm…
Acting
Olga Kurylenko's ice-queen fragility vs. Yoo Yeon-seok's barely-contained rage.
Practical Effects
The body reconstruction scenes—disgustingly tactile, zero CGI cop-outs.
Direction
Dercourt treats Seoul like a hostile alien landscape.
Director
Denis Dercourt
Yoo Yeon-seok
Park Jin-ho
Olga Kurylenko
Alice Launey
Ye Ji-won
Lee Mi-sook
Choi Moo-seong
Delivery Man
Lee Seung-joon
Doctor Lee
Sung Ji-ru
Jae-yong
Park Soi
Yoon-ah
Anupam Tripathi
The Indonesian
Park Soo-young
Doctor Oh
Michael K. Lee
Henry's Father
Kim Joon-bae
Dream Agency Director
Kim Woo-hyung
Middle Boss
Kim Soo-ha
Chinese Woman
Song Ji-woo
Ji-ah
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dercourt, a French director, specifically wanted to explore how Western 'expertise' colonizes Eastern investigations—note how Alice never learns Korean.
The body reconstruction technique was loosely based on real French forensic pioneer Philippe Charlier's work, though significantly amped up for horror purposes.
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