Moderator One Armed Boxer Posted November 9, 2017 Moderator Share Posted November 9, 2017 The new movie from Kim Ki-duk's former assistant director Jang Hoon, 'A Taxi Driver' sees Hoon reunited with Song Kang-ho, the star of his 2010 movie 'Secret Reunion'. Telling the true story of a Seoul taxi driver who transported a German journalist to Gwangju during the fateful Gwangju Massacre of May 1980, check out my review below - http://cityonfire.com/a-taxi-driver-2017-review-song-kang-ho-the-gwangju-massacre-thomas-kretschmann/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member whitesnake Posted December 24, 2017 Member Share Posted December 24, 2017 Well Go USA gave A Taxi Driver a limited U.S. theatrical release on August 17, 2017, with a tentative Blu-ray and DVD release sometime in February 2018. Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer gave it 95% (based on 19 critics' reviews) and 89% (audience score, based on over 1,300 users). Corrie (on his Top 10 Korean Films 2017 Youtube video) lists A Taxi Driver at #1. "This movie has been selected as South Korea's entry into the Oscars... Such a touching and beautiful film... soul-crushing at times... uplifting... unpredictable... A Taxi Driver is one of the best South Korean films I have ever seen." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator One Armed Boxer Posted December 25, 2017 Author Moderator Share Posted December 25, 2017 On 24/12/2017 at 2:54 PM, whitesnake said: Corrie (on his Top 10 Korean Films 2017 Youtube video) lists A Taxi Driver at #1. "This movie has been selected as South Korea's entry into the Oscars... Such a touching and beautiful film... soul-crushing at times... uplifting... unpredictable... A Taxi Driver is one of the best South Korean films I have ever seen." I confess to not being overly familiar with Corrie's output (I have an allergy to YouTube reviewers), however for him to state that this is "one of the best Korean films I have ever seen", for me indicates he likely hasn't seen all that many. A good movie yes. One of the greatest Korea has ever made? Definitely not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member whitesnake Posted March 5, 2018 Member Share Posted March 5, 2018 Well Go USA will release A Taxi Driver on Blu-ray on April 17, 2018. It is available for pre-order on Amazon. News from http://cityonfire.com/you-talkin-to-song-kang-hos-taxi-driver/ 18 Amazon reviewers give it 5 stars, the other reviewer gives it 4 stars. 18 out of 19 film reviewers on Rotten Tomatoes rate it "fresh". Only one "rotten" review. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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