3-Iron Reviews

3 Iron is a Korean movie with English subtitle. The movie is about one & half hour with only a few dialogues, even than the movie is a powerful cinematic rendition. Story of a young, quiet, talented and homeless Hee Jae, who find houses temporary unoccupied by putting advertising pamphlet on the door knobs and if these pamphlet found untouched by night time he break open those houses for temporary solace. However during one such house he found accidentally an ill treated wife captivated by her husband and that turned the life of Hee.

i knew it was going to be beautiful for what I've had seen on trailers, nonetheless the photography still surprised me, it's really mesmerizing! The plot is unconventional and it knew when to stop. Loved it so much. :)

Even though I love movies and watch tons of them, sometimes, I just don’t connect with some directors, no matter how hard I try or how many time I spend watching their movies. Kim Ki-Duk might be the best example of this. Indeed, by now, I have seen 4 movies directed by this guy and this flick is the only one which actually convinced me. As usual, the directing was sober but still really beautiful and I really loved it and the acting was also quite impressive. Also, for the first time in a Kim Ki-Duk feature, I thought the story was actually more compelling than frustrating (which is the case with all his other features I have seen). Still, even though I thought the story was intriguing, I still wasn't blown away by the whole thing and, like the rest of his work, I think it is rather overrated. I don’t know, I have seen my share of Asian features and I usually like them a lot but I probably don’t get his work and each time around, I fail to see what is so amazing about them. Still, the next time I get the opportunity to watch one of his movies, I will definitely check it out because, even I don’t really understand him, the guy is an artist, that’s for sure. To conclude, even though I don’t think it is really amazing, it remains a beautiful and spellbinding movie and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

This is such a gentle film and its gentility reflects the relationship of the main characters: one, a young man who can turn his hand to virtually anything and the other, a woman squashed in an unhappy relationship. The young man has a unique way of finding places to stay and on one occasion he meets the woman of the story. The film then builds on their relationship in a, as stated earlier, gentle, but full way.

Now this does not sound like much but the director keeps us in focus with these two even though they do not utter a single word. All dialogue is supplied by external influences. This is what makes the film unique. Though they do not speak their relationship is fuller than if the magic were shattered by words. And what is wonderful is that the director (and the fine acting) gets away with it. One becomes interested in the two main characters and we care about them. Due to no dialogue the film's interpretation also becomes very personal for the viewer. Surely this is the best way of viewing a film. Highly recommended.