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Chuyeogja or The Chaser is about a former police detective who became a pimp (Kim Yoon-seok). He thinks his girls are running from him and he chases after them. But then he uncovers the gruesome truth about the girls’ disappearances.

While looking for the girls, he literally bumped into the serial killer (Ha Jeong-woo). What’s different about The Chaser is that we already know who the killer is right from the start but that didn’t make the movie predictable at all. It still makes you wonder what will happen next.

Those who can’t stomach blood and gore should avoid this movie. It graphically illustrates the murders and at one point brain matters splattered all over the place. I think this is one thing that they overdid with The Chaser. They could have lowered down the violence a little bit. I guess the gore is there to show how sadistic the killer is with his ways.

What I like about Korean thrillers is that they don’t conform to the norm that we are used to. The Chaser is unpredictable until the very end. The girl you expect to survive dies. But it is rewarding to see that the serial killer was caught and the pimp, well, he goes back to pimping. If you like mystery thrillers then you’ll definitely enjoy this one.

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