Homunculus

While I am a huge fan of genre movies from South Korea, I always find that Japanese genre movies are hit or miss for me. Or rather, genre moves from Japan tend to have moments I love and (almost always) several I really don’t care for.As I was watching the plot in Homunculus evolve in a classic Japanese way, I found myself thinking about how it could be remade in South Korea. That would probably be a movie I would love, whereas this movie was a very ambivalent movie-watching experience for me.Homunculus 2021 Movie Download.

So, why am I talking about movies from South Korea while reviewing a movie from Japan? Very simply because I am very aware that I am not the ideal audience for Homunculus. It has all the elements from Japanese cinema that I do not enjoy. For me, it started out great, and then it went down those paths, that I never enjoy.For me, what really worked at the beginning of Homunculus was the visuals. However, the movie does also change direction a bit after the scene with sexual violence [that ruined a lot for me]. Instead of still being very focused on the visuals and mind games (or abilities), it becomes a slow-burn mystery.

Also, I loved Ryô Narita as Manabu Ito, the medical intern turned mad scientist, who goes around drilling holes in the skulls of people. Ryô Narita can look so different from one scene to the next and every scene with him was the best of the movie. In my book, anyway.

I should also mention that the characters are very intriguing in general. The thing that didn’t work for me was when it came to all the old tropes. Women are either whores or Madonnas. They’re meant to be rescued or rescue someone else – and both tend to involve sex in some way. It’s lazy and tired – and does nothing for