Bliss Quest I place myself on the average scale when it comes to patience, but I could only tolerate the first 5 minutes of this waste before switching it off and deleting the file from my hard-drive forever! Good riddance!

Sohan_Composer The story is amazing. the lead role melt slowly like an ice in the movie. screenplay is just outstanding. this movie is a bit slow but slowly it'll drag you in. it starts with violence but end up with emptiness. it'll make you feel like you loose your mother at the end. The mom acted so good & realistic. The Revenge & twist was so good which will make you think about re-watching. its a worth watching Korean movie. i give it 10/10 without any doubt !

Alistar Baker Pieta portrays the harrowing desperation and exploitation of workers in a dismal, grey, and cold aspect of the capitalist system who must cripple themselves to pay back their debts. The agent of the loan shark - Kang Do - metes out sadistic, crippling punishments to collect on the insurance of his clients who fail to pay. The film is largely about the inherent problems of unfettered capitalism as it is about the psychological roots of Kang Do's cruel character, karma, and various existential themes. After crippling a few hapless victims of the cold, heartless, industrialized capitalist nightmare, enter Kang-Do's mother. She is the one who abandoned him when he was a child and now she is back to make things right. We learn of the root causes of Kang-Do's lack of compassion and humanity. He lost his mother's love at a young age, and since then had to do whatever it took to survive. Upon her return, Kang-Do slowly gets in touch with his inner child finding his humanity once again. Of course, one can't escape their karma, and this is the moral message of the film. By the time we realize what we have done, it is too late. The film sets are effective in portraying the negative image of a completely unregulated capitalist system where workers are exploited by those with the money; junk heaps of industrial waste, cramped, poorly lit workshops populated by slaves – for lack of a better word – to the almighty dollar, or in this case, the almighty won. The film contains strong character development where we eventually sympathize with the villain of the film feeling sadness for him as he must face the karmic fruit of a life which one could argue was excusable due to his abandonment by his mother. Of course, that is just an excuse because the suffering he has caused must balance itself out in the end, one way or another. Kim Ki-Duk's films present a moral quandary rooted in the Buddhist concept of karma where even the agents of 'justice' are karmically bound to their own actions which are also subject to the law of cause and effect. It is a close analogy to 'blow back effect'. Sexual themes in this film seem a bit unnecessary to me. I won't go into the details of them, but I fail to see how they add anything to the film. A film like which is a work of art, is so well crafted, that I am surprised by the pointless incest. This is not because I am uptight about sexual taboo in film, but rather because I don't see how it helps develop the characters in this film. It almost seems arbitrary or meant to shock more than help drive the plot or understand the characters. I suppose incest might tie into how unnatural the relationship is between Kang-Do and his mother hinting at future portences. Incest ties into tragic themes as well, and with all- consuming relationship between mother and son perhaps in a Freudian sense – deeply repressed and just waiting to play out in a violent manner. A Freudian would have a field day with this film of course. In closing, the film gets under your skin because, unlike most western films, it digs down into some deeply buried emotions about the emptiness of our lives, the absurdity of our morality, the sadness of our way of life, our inability to care about others leading to extreme sacrifices, foolish sacrifices. Basically, the film has great character development, unexpected plot twists, interesting statements on morality and the capitalist system. If you don't mind watching films for something more than just pure entertainment or a way to just past the time and escape, this film is worth your time.

billcr12 Pieta is a Korean crime drama dealing with a guy who is a collector for a loan shark. His methods are unconventional, as he repeatedly has the people who owe large debts cripple themselves in order to cash insurance claims. This occurs over and over again, until he is suddenly followed everywhere by a strange woman who claims to be the mother who abandoned him at birth. She moves intro his apartment to cook and clean for her now grown up son. He is a vicious criminal with a sadistic streak. The lead actor and actress are very good, but the story meanders as we wait for the conclusion. This is the often told tale of revenge, but I found it slow and repetitive. Pieta is technically well made but not worth it in the end.