The defence The Arthouse Gremlin
“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.
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Blood Rain
Thriller · Mystery · 2005
When a small island village is plagued with horrible murders, the government sends a special investigator who discovers dark secrets that trace back to a myriad of murders from the past.
Movie details
Blood Rain
“Period crime thriller.”
2005 Thriller · Mystery 1h 59m
Critical arithmetic
The consensus, allegedly.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
IMDb
6.5 / 10
1.3K votes
TMDB
7.0 / 10
Community rating
External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.
When a small island village is plagued with horrible murders, the government sends a special investigator who discovers dark secrets that trace back to a myriad of murders from the past.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Blood Rain?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Kim Dae-seung
Written by
Kim Seong-je · Lee Won-jae · Kim Dae-seung
Cha Seung-won
Lee Won-kyu
Park Yong-woo
Kim In-kwon
Ji Sung
Du-ho
Yoon Se-a
Kang So-yeon
Choi Jong-won
Messenger Choi
Park Cheol-min
Jo Dal-ryung
Yoo Hai-jin
Dok-gi
Court is in session
Put Blood Rain on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.