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The eerily beautiful photography and melodic musical score of THE ISLE stand in odd contrast to the brutal horror story it tells. On the serene surface of a secluded bay float a series of candy-coloured fishing houses, rented to men who seek an escape. The owner and operator of the village is a mute woman with a row boat who .. Read more

Starring	Jung Suh, Yoo-Seok Kim, Sung-Hee Park
Director	Kim Ki-Duk, Ki-Duk Kim
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

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- Women! Can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em! Notorious for causing viewers to scream, vomit and pass out at... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:18
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  - 3
  Twisted Love
  
  'The Isle' is a wonderfully shot, atmospheric and almost gleefully perverse (and not a little gruesome) tale of love and lust and... well, brutal murder... read more »
  
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  - Mike Thomas
  - South Wales
  - 19 Sep 2005 at 18:00
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- - 0
  - 0
  The Isle - My Review
  
  Containing at least three scenes of a particularly difficult nature, two of which will make me wince for years to come, The Isle is nonetheless strangely ... read more »
  
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- - DaddyTank
  - 160 reviews
  - Ulan Bator
  - 12 Jan 2012 at 09:58
- - 1
  - 0
  This Septic Isle
  
  Beautifully filmed but ultimately disturbing love story of sorts, the absence of dialog (largely) serves to accentuate the beauty of the setting and the ... read more »
  
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- - Robinski
  - 142 reviews
  - Glasgow
  - 03 Jan 2012 at 22:51
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  - 2
  For people who understand Kim Ki-Duk's movies
  
  Again i feel i have to write something to counteract the really unfair negative reviews, including the critic's comments: 'banal ideas', 'shock ... read more »
  
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- - JuiceOfLife
  - 27 reviews
  - 15 Aug 2011 at 17:08
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  the isle
  
  With less than what seems a passing sentence between them two star crossed lovers show us just how far the agonising experience that is love can go,encompassing... read more »
  
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- - ezra
  - 19 reviews
  - norwich norfolk
  - 02 Oct 2010 at 18:10
- - 1
  - 1
  an exercise in transgression
  
  a character study of frankly uninteresting self destructive characters with little in the way of interesting script and deeply unpleasant scenes of brutal self... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - England
  - 19 Mar 2010 at 11:38
- - 1
  - 1
  superior roman porno
  
  With a plot similar to the Japanese pink films of the seventies this superior effort charms,shocks and intrigues by turns. The photography is beautiful.
  
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  - London
  - 28 Aug 2009 at 12:11
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  idyllic trash
  
  It is about raft like cabins where people go on holiday or for other purposes. There are scenes of self-mutilation that are scary enough to make it horror yet ... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 28 May 2009 at 21:44
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  Like a watching someones dream
  
  I really enjoyed this film but can see why opinion is so polarised. For me it was like watching someone’s dream (or nightmare). For the most part the 1hr... read more »
  
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- - NewBoy
  - 6 reviews
  - Birmingham
  - 15 May 2009 at 08:00
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  the isle
  
  boring , couldn't care less about any of the characters .
  
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- - TREV
  - 216 reviews
  - Surbiton
  - 11 May 2009 at 10:09
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  interestingly Odd
  
  I really struggled to rate this 3 or 4 stars, wish i could half done 3 1/2.
  
  Not a horror film as such more disturbing. The film is about characters ... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 31 Oct 2008 at 18:38
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  - 3
  Twisted Love
  
  'The Isle' is a wonderfully shot, atmospheric and almost gleefully perverse (and not a little gruesome) tale of love and lust and... well, brutal murder... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 152247
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  - Mike Thomas
  - South Wales
  - 19 Sep 2005 at 18:00
- - 13
  - 6
  Batter fish to fry.
  
  The Isle is a slow movie. A slow movie which has very little dialogue. A slow movie which has very little dialogue and only one location. A slow movie which has... read more »
  
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- - adiw
  - Leicestershire
  - 30 May 2005 at 20:17
- - 7
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  enthralling
  
  This film follows the relationship between a suicidal young man who checks into a fishing hut moored on a lake and the psychologicaly damaged lady who caters to... read more »
  
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- - punchdrunkmonkey
  - 23 reviews
  - bromley
  - 27 Jun 2005 at 09:59
- - 5
  - 1
  Wish I hadnt bothered!
  
  What a shame that this film did not live up to its hype. I liked '3-Iron' and 'The Bow' by the same director but this fim did not have any of ... read more »
  
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- - catwhiskers
  - 37 reviews
  - England
  - 09 Apr 2007 at 14:29
- - 5
  - 3
  Beuatiful silence
  
  This movie is superbly shot and minimal in every sense of the word. Implied emotional volatilities and mindful/less thoughts seep through the scenes leaving the... read more »
  
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- - Suzuki
  - Avon
  - 31 Aug 2005 at 10:41
- - 4
  - 1
  Gut-wrenchingly emotive
  
  Wow. The Isle is a beautifully filmed movie with strong characters and some stare-through-the-fingers visceral moments. Not always easy to watch, but it stays ... read more »
  
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  - Stroud, England
  - 02 Jun 2005 at 18:12
- - 4
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  Strange and obsessive indeed
  
  Another great Korean film this time exploring people who communicate not with words, there is little dialogue here really, but with actions, physical violence ... read more »
  
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- - oztvc
  - 29 reviews
  - Whitstable
  - 02 Jun 2005 at 00:25
- - 4
  - 1
  A slow burner
  
  The Isle is a very slow burner of a movie, that builds up and use's actions and expressions rather than lots of dialogue and throw in a bit of violence, sex... read more »
  
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- - rich678
  - Avon
  - 07 Jun 2005 at 19:09
- - 4
  - 1
  The Isle
  
  I enjoyed this movie greatly and reading previous reviews was helpful.
  
  This movie shows you don't need a lot of dialogue to enjoy a movie. The ... read more »
  
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- - Togun
  - London
  - 10 Jun 2005 at 12:29
- - 2
  - 0
  Not sure!
  
  I can't really work out if I liked this or not, at points I really felt for the characters, the unusual beauty of the girl made you want it to work out for ... read more »
  
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- 138555
- - Helen
  - Yorkshire
  - 10 Aug 2005 at 13:03

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  The eerily beautiful photography and melodic musical score of THE ISLE stand in odd contrast to the brutal horror story it tells. On the serene surface of a secluded bay float a series of candy-coloured fishing houses, rented to men who seek an escape. The owner and operator of the village is a ...