Ballerina
An audio-visual spectacle from Korea
It has really been one eerie co-incidence to another. Something tells me to click on the Korean movie “The Call”. The trailer or sneak preview is intriguing too. Turns out to be a psychological thriller and it was impressive. When I check the cast I am surprised I couldn’t recognize Jeon Jong-seo the impressive character from one of the best Korean movies I have ever seen, “Burning”, way back in 2018. The other film that I have been continuously previewing was “Ballerina”, again a very strange coincidence. Now “Ballerina” also stars the amazing Jeon Jong-seo and it is directed by the same director, Lee Chung-hyun who made “The Call”.
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Now to the amazing film, one of the very best that I have seen in recent times. 50% of the movie is lost if you have a poor audio system or poor sounding speakers. It’s just a shame to watch this film with poor audio. Use good quality headphones in case you don’t have a good audio system. The music and audio by Gray is just brilliant, so modern yet the music has so much to do with Ballets and Ballerinas. The general presentation of the film and the gripping pace of the film from start to finish is brilliant. Art direction and lighting are so beautiful and so much in tune with the scenes. And of course Jeon Jong-seo is amazing and excels in her role be that action or emotion. Cannot say how many times I have watched some of the scenes over and over again.
The cruelty, the revenge is there but it is acceptable and not over the top as in Kill Bill and movies inspired by Kill Bill such as Anna and more recently Kate.
The music combined with the visuals are a treat with good action, good acting and a neat story line.
Highly, highly recommended, don’t miss it, it’s on Netflix.
