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)
“波兰人就是看不惯同胞幸福，他们憎恨幸福的同胞。”
不要对任何事都感到畏惧，尤其是自由。
能有续集吗 想看他俩后续(๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧
一点贪心前功弃
虽然探案的部分写得一般，但类型片框架下的同性故事还是蛮少见的。两男主都很得劲，男主有一种闷骚的性感，而艾瑞克每次出现都像是黑暗中一闪而逝的流星。
前面挺好的，后面感觉导演更着重往故事破案那方面去讲，没有过多描述男主爱上男二这个出柜意识觉醒的过程直接很快的就带过了，再后面破案也没讲清楚其实就打大boss去了，总之还行，男主挺帅的，可弯可直！特别是生气的时候！
酒吧-"人不应该对一切都感到恐惧，尤其是为了自由。";
整体剧情无聊，冲同性戏份看的，结果好几段男女亲热戏，大可不必
逻辑有点混乱，很多情节发生的有些莫名，感情内核的驱动还算有力，破案环节几乎是在瞎闹，单纯是磕到了掰弯直男的凄美爱情。
巨大的阴郁和悲剧的背景下，单个人很难跳脱，也总会有挣扎留下的水花。一部电影的容量讲述这个故事，完成度已经很好了。
看影评知道的这部剧，小受蛮讨喜欢的，小攻那两撇胡子总让我觉得他老气，整体是可以看下去的剧。据说背景很沉重，是那个时代同性最后的狂欢，但因为文化背景不同，个人感受的不是很真切。整体看，可以的。
男主留个小胡子太有味儿了。
简单，有效，计划实际，实施彻底，老炮儿就应该这样。
21年拍的西部没有一点违和感，👍
“风信子行动”现实背景为依托，情节如此精巧，层层逼近酣畅至极。灵活巧妙地推进几组人物关系并反转。私人的亲情和爱情与案件的终点真相，审问者与被审问者，情理交融。太精彩了！在特殊历史时期，压抑的政治高墙内喘息，直到最后更为动人。“人不能什么都害怕，尤其害怕自由。”绝对冷门超佳片！
整个故事的80年代波兰社会残酷冰冷压抑的氛围拍得真是棒的，悬疑犯罪戏的氛围拉满。前25分钟的案件悬念很足，情节节奏很快，案件线和人物情感线一直扭结，最好看的就是男主的reverse，人性的变量。5星给勇敢记录那段真实年代的电影创作者。
逻辑有点混乱，很多情节发生的有些莫名，感情内核的驱动还算有力，破案环节几乎是在瞎闹，单纯是磕到了掰弯直男的凄美爱情。
一桩谋杀案背后牵扯出的秘密。“做人不能什么都怕，尤其是害怕自由。”
“快逃，我会找到你的”这不是结局，这是另一个开始。
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