Thirst (2009)
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- Synopsis
- Song Kang-ho, Shin Ha-kyun, and Kim Ok-bin star in Oldboy director Park Chan-wook's frightener concerning a priest whose life takes a turn for the worst after he participates in a medical experiment to find a cure for a deadly disease....
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- Starring
- Kim Hae-suk, Kim Ok-bin, Park In-hwan
- Director(s)
- Park Chan-wook
- Distributor(s)
- Focus Features
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 133 min.
Critic Reviews
Entertainment Weekly | Lisa SchwarzbaumAdd Critic to Favorites
A gaudy, daring, operatic, and bloody funny provocation of a melodrama from Park Chan-wook.Read the full review
Los Angeles Times | Betsy SharkeyAdd Critic to Favorites
Are you hungering for that rare vampire movie with serious intellectual heft, ravishing undead, biting passion and a healthy splash of irony as well as iron in all that spilled red blood? Wait no longer, Korean auteur Park Chan-wook's Thirst should satisfy.Read the full review
Boston Globe | Ty BurrAdd Critic to Favorites
Thirst is deliriously bonkers and keeps getting more so; you watch it holding your breath, waiting to see where Park will zigzag next.Read the full review
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