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)
神话 预言 命运
进行了逆向的哈姆雷特改编，这种由流行至古典再至神话原型的逆向方法论可能是本片少有的看点之一，自始至终以视点本身超越时间的处理方法维持了drama式的统一性，通过镜头调度、场景结构等方式基本控制了时间的“永恒”状态，以横向塑造时间，以纵向塑造意识与意志。基本保持了《女巫》、《灯塔》等水平。
自从玩过《塞纳的牺牲》之后，北欧人都是宗教疯子这种想法已经挥之不去。
冰岛旅游宣传片？？操。杰洛特随便砍只怪物都比这个好看，操操 拍成奇幻片可以吗，给主角两个技能可以吗，像个沙雕一样
故事太老了，王子复仇记一点新意没有，不值得花钱拍
剧情就是王子复仇记老一套 不过视听语言是极好的 不过这个导演是不是每次都要给我带来一些精神污染 上次灯塔给我的伤害还历历在目 这次全程唔～啊～嗷～吼～哈～的台词真的演员都救不回来 维京人也不代表要这样啊 然后大家的表演除了Anya独自美丽还需加油以外都还蛮棒的 我第一次看到妮可有这么疯狂的表演 就是看她和E大演母子实在太出戏了 天呐选角好坏！
我的建议是steam战神史低的时候买一买试一试都比这有深度~
女巫我不太吃，这个我也吃不下x 他俩演母子会不会太那个啊x 但有一说一火山裸体肉搏真的有点戳我xp....
导演执迷于蛮荒孤岛中的各种仪式，静谧的残暴的恶毒的，再加上冷峻的风光，讲述了一个被演绎过无数次的复仇故事，视听上非常有快感，值得好好学习
看过的第三部Robert Eggers的电影，也是最喜欢的一部。北欧版哈姆雷特，满是男人味的血腥暴力与野性，充满戏剧的张力
罗伯特艾格斯水准大失，通篇特别重的游戏CG质感，甚至缺乏《绿衣骑士》那样精彩的调度。
竟然和同款的游戏相得益彰~没有单薄乏味很赞~
7/10罗伯特艾格斯的视听大作+1
男主看着妈死啥也没做，然后又看着爸死啥也不做。。。
最细腻的对东方武侠/功夫的致敬
味太浓了又邪又戏剧（其实画面太好的cult看着有点怪
看完就理解北美票房与口碑的不成正比。画面、对白、场景调度都可以窥见导演一贯的个人风格，可惜观众在大银幕上看这些形式大于内容的玩意真的不会有太多兴趣。本片还是留着给影评人和文艺中老年自嗨吧。严肃古装的时代已经结束了，还是看看隔壁超级英雄数钞票吧家人们。
51/100。对命运的探讨很浅，人物形象刻画也很单一。影片节奏也不是很好，动作戏并不出彩，宗教戏份占比太大。看之前期待值挺高的，所以挺失望的。
其实故事很普通，全靠出色的美术增添了不少逼格。黑白色调的长发安雅太有雕塑质感了。
风格相当讨喜，但是一个压抑的复仇故事，前面节奏还挺好，后面已经完全没有power了。
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