Michael Hanake meets the Blair Witch Project in Kim Gok's Exhausted, a vicious kick in the pants to everyone in the audience, all in the name of "style." A man meets a mute woman, and as any reasonable person would do in such a situation, makes her his prostitute. But the pimping is the least of our problems. As we get exhausted by the grainy faux-16mm camerawork, the film gets increasingly deranged. The closest thing we get to a sympathetic character is the pimp, simply because he's got too much self-respect to fuck a mute whore. Everyone else is either a gory mess, or a gory mess in disguise. Even the prostitute, which even a thug like Lars von Trier would make likeable, comes off as a delirious scary woman whose shrieks strike like blows to the jugular.
Kim Gok has seemingly abandoned the Marxist critiques of his short films, going instead for mindless brutality which culminates in an endless bloody freak-show involving, among other things, a pair of scissors going where pairs of scissors should not go. In the middle of the bloodbath, we get an extended long take of the beaten prostitute's near-dead face, but it does not elicit sympathy or pity. In fact, images of the victim only make us shy away in shock. (Indeed, the extended sequence led to continuous walk-outs during the Pusan screening.) The long take invites us to stare, but it assumes we're as sadistic as the victimizer (and the film) is. Meanwhile the sound-effects (mostly a rumbling bassline that shakes the theater) pulsates with pure wickedness. With Hanake, shock creates reflection, which asks that we be critical. Here, we only want to escape. I suppose Exhausted has some virtues; the shots of drilling machines and factories provide a mesmerizing phallic backdrop to the pimp and prostitute's pursuits. But everything else hurts too much. At least Kim Ki-duk lets us breathe. Exhausted makes Bad Guy look like Lady and the Tramp. (asiaarts.ucla.edu)
如果不是有俩眼熟的演员，我估计会以为这是什么洗钱作品。
关注女性安全问题。结尾做了几处反转还是很有可看性的，氛围感做得好。
剧情略显老套，但是摄影是可以的，增加了影片的惊悚感
没觉得电影好看，我倒是关注女主穿的各种衣服，很多小花刺绣的挺好看的
"the best outcome might be having to live with the uncertainnty"这句话贯穿了整部影片，男的不信任女的固然让人生气，但这男的警也报了，也找对面协商了，现实中也不能做再多，最多也就给女主买把枪防身吧，影片对话好懂，学英语不错
包豪斯般的冷漠世界，相互冲突的欲望与人性碰撞
较为沉闷，最后女主竟然没死并反杀，还是比较爽的。是不是有点罗马尼亚。
场景、氛围都没问题，但最后的结局有点草草了事。虎头蛇尾的电影。
后窗恐怖文学, 事实证明依附男人远嫁会变得不幸😨
我真心觉得，最后应该顺手给她丈夫一枪，反正男人都该死
始终有一种压抑感，氛围很好，故事线不复杂，但总觉得缺点啥，缺点啥呢？？那个邻居太可怜了.....
压抑的气氛做的很棒；专注了被凝视的感觉，其他的都被弱化了；这一枪太假了，如果女主挂了好一些，这样为了爽而爽反而不好；摄影可以更好点？
凭什么女人就要生活在未知的恐惧与危险里，为什么要害怕，为什么变得神经质，为什么渴望和需要一个强硬的男性角色的保护。因为这个shitty世界总存在恶心的阴暗的目光盯住她们。不想针对男性，而是希望这种恶心的人类赶紧灭绝。
最后女主反杀 帅气！男性凝视真的让人气死了，拍出了所有女生的恐惧
女性心理刻画得真实，但剧情实在有些慢节奏...整体来说也不够极致，太中规中矩。有时候就是太政治正确，观点没错，片子就是很无聊
PS：恐怖片的警察果然是没有用的，抓到的凶手永远是假的。女主最后反杀有点反逻辑啊。
满满的讽刺。妻子跟着老公来到他的家乡城市生活，陌生感孤独感和女性的第六感，让她感觉到自己身处危险，却一次次被忽视，甚至被老公和同事们当做笑谈。最后自救了的女主一身鲜血地望向老公的眼神，很真实了。
整体很不错的惊悚电影，层层铺垫和气氛渲染很到位，绝望的结尾让我看出《伊甸湖》的窒息感来了
AMC double feature. Saw the supermarket bit a few days ago & thought it was cringe. Didn’t have high hopes for today but I was pleasantly surprised. Some parts really got me. Some really thoughtful shots & editing. Not familiar w the original might dig it up & take a look.
女性遇到恶意骚扰后的困境是，你太漂亮他只是喜欢你，或者你（不漂亮）太敏感了。
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