This South Korean film is a fairly involving variation on The Silence of the Lambs, right up until it destroys itself with an ending that American cinema outgrew 50 years ago.Detectives Kim and Kang (Jung-ah Yum and Jin-hee Ji) are called in to investigate a series of brutal murders. The vicious slayings of women appear to recreate the crimes of a serial killer name Shin Hyun (Seun-woo Cho) that was apprehended less than a year ago. Kim and Kang suspect that Shin has something to do with these new murders, but as the bodies pile up, the mystery becomes less how is Shin causing these deaths and more why. Complicating matters are the growing frustration of the emotional Kang and the fact that Kim's fiancée and fellow detective killed himself when he failed to stop Shin Hyun's original death spree. They eventually find their answers, though not through any brilliant investigative work, and then we get the really bad ending that more an act of self-immolation than resolution.The most interesting thing about H is that the plot is very much like an American crime drama in most respects, but the emotional resonance and cultural touchstones of the story are completely different. There are a lot of moments in this film where I can tell that the story is trying to say something but I just don't get it. I don't have the Korean common knowledge or insight to appreciate exactly what's supposed to be meaningful in a certain scene or action or line of dialog. But instead of being a problem, that gives a very conventional story an alien and exotic feel. The mystery about Shin Hyun isn't that intriguing, but there's a mystery about the mystery which draws you into the film.Unfortunately, it all leads up to an ending that will likely leave your mouth agape in amazement. Not the good kind, though, where you're left thinking "Wow! I never saw that coming!" This would be the bad kind of amazement, where you're left staring at the screen thinking "You have got to be bleeping kidding me!" I don't want to give it away because maybe other people would have a different reaction to it. However, it is not an exaggeration to say that any serious American film of the last half-century that tried to use this ending would have been laughed out of the theater.This movie also deals with an issue that's the subject of quite a lot of political argument and moral controversy in America. But it leaves you unclear on how Korean culture views the issue. I n some aspects of the story it addresses the subject in a very non-judgmental way, but in others it seems to accept a very moralistic view of the issue. Again, I don't want to give it away, but you have strongly held views of this matter you'll probably have a strong reaction to the way H utilizes it in its story.There's a lot to appreciate about this movie and I enjoyed it, but then there's that sublimely terrible ending. If I knew that you'd like the ending for some inexplicable reason, I'd absolutely recommend you watch H. But if you don't like the ending, as most intelligent people would not, you would likely view watching H as a waste of your time. So, if you see this movie on the shelf of your video store…flip a coin. Maybe you'll get lucky.

This movie rated high for me because it has all of the great detective movie qualities. An evil killer played by Cho Seung-woo and two detectives (Yeom Jeong-a and Jee Jin-hee) who are on the tail of his copycat killer. Much like the American styled Lethal Weapon, there is comedy thrown in with this very serious story. Jee Jin-hee's character is similar to the character played by Mel Gibson in that he is emotionally charged, sarcastically humorous with his tough guy antics, and ruggedly good looking. Yeom Jeong-a plays the very serious and emotionally guarded female detective trying to do her job in a male dominated career and with the loss of her lover still tearing at her heart strings. As these two detectives get closer to the copycat they also find a friendship growing between them. Both have tragic tales to tell and when they do it becomes apparent that these killings are close to home for both of them. Cho-Seung-woo plays evil in a very calm creepiness. He is much like the American Hannibal Lecter. As much as you want to dislike his character for his crimes, it's easy to become entranced by his charisma. Another character that seems to be the off beat detective that everyone enjoys to have around is Detective Park (Ji-ru Sung). He plays the true comedian in the bunch. He is the one most likely to fall down on the job, and boy, does he ever! Detective Park is the only one who seems to understand both Detective Kang and Detective Kim. This movie not only has realistic gory scenes, but a great musical score that sets the tone for this intriguing thriller. Being a fan of horror and mystery, I thoroughly enjoyed this movie so much I had to buy it!

I could go on about the slow pace, bad acting, moodiness, implausibility, contrived and generally ridiculous plot line but suffice to say that I wish it was me getting a bullet in my head at the end of the movie.The movie was dreadful. I'd recommend almost any other Korean movie over this. The sheer number of times I found myself scoffing at the actions of the characters, the plot "twists" or the character "dialogue" were too numerous to count.Any deeper reading about the supposed message of the movie only serves to obscure the fact that this was one horrible flick.The only positive comment I can make (as someone on the message boards noted) was some of the very interesting artwork; I quite liked it.

HI am a huge fan of the Korean serial killer drama Tell me something. So when the review on the box of this movie said `tell me something esque' I thought I would give it a shot. My history with Korean films are hit or miss. This is a miss. I will say this the plot twist is something you would never see in American film. Of course you would also never see it in reality either.The film is paced so boring. Maybe the moody feeling just doesn't translate but I think the film was going for the SEVEN moody feeling. The camera work was somewhat interesting. The gore was there. The acting was so so. In the end I kinda had to force myself to finish it.I would say if you have a choice get `tell me something' instead.