Them Inkompetent Korean Koppers...

Seems as though the main reason why South Korean crime/thriller films

can stretch out to 2 hours is because of their exasperating portrayal of

clueless law enforcers. The Chaser, I Saw The Devil, Memories of Murder,

Mother...and who could forget the absurd foot chase scene in The Yellow

Sea, where the protagonist is being chased by a dozen cops (and a few

cruisers) waving bamboo sticks (!) in the air on a busy downtown street,

never getting their man? Main gripe is folk who say that Korean thrillers

are superior to American ones. Try taking the premise across the ocean

though: Cops would almost immediately get the job done right and the

film would be over in 30 minutes.