I don't know why but this whole set up, with one dead smart student and all this competition to get into top university, just flashes back to the Sunny Hills Murder. Perhaps its having lived through it in high school, or being rather impressed with then newbie director Justin Lin capturing the AA rich smart kids posse in OC vibe in Better Luck Tomorrow, its one of those real life cases that always seems to have elements that can be mined for cinematic derivations. This can be the same story with a few changes and move the locale to SKorea. Sung Joon is such a talented versatile actor. He should do more movies, the edgier the better. He has the face and physique to not be pigeon-holed as the bland inoffensive pretty boy.

The film is not so new, it's actually from last year. Well, it hasn't been released cinematically in Korea yet but it has been making the rounds at various film festivals. It screened at the Edinburgh Film Festival the other day (which has a Korea focus this year), which was, alas, just a little too far away.

I still need to watch it (and Bleak Night too).

One of my fellow K-film bloggers has it down as one of his favourite films from 2012, so it's bound to be very good.

Sounds pretty interesting but also possibly very depressing.... but count me in!

This sounds like a good and intense movie. A movie that suits him very much.

I'm confused... I thought this came out last year. Didn't it?

The other guy looks like Tae Sung (Big Bang)

Gahhh, this is my cup of tea! Considering how much I LOVED White Christmas (I had a field day in the comments section here on DB, this movie already seems like a hit :). I must find some way to watch it :(.

I've already seen this movie at the Berlinale this year. It is excellent and very disturbing. (I only watched the first two episodes of White Christmas and wasn't reminded of this movie for what it's worth.)

The director creates a chilling atmosphere and the viewer gains an insight into Korea's schooling system. She only had time for a very short Q&A and told us, that she used to be a teacher and used a lot of her experiences for the movie. I'd have loved to ask her which ones.

*Spoiler* For example, the school director's reaction to the killing of his best student towards the police was something along the lines of 'As long as your investigation doesn't disturb our final exams.'
Somehow the viewer stays cold und unsympathetic to these young people who's only thought is about the ranking in class. We watch with horror how the story unfolds and yet can't really feel for them.
A chilling experience and even months later I find myself thinking about the movie again and again.

Recommended.

I loved, loved, loooooved 'Bleak Night' (it hurt so good). I hope this is similar but different in all the right ways.

Am I the only one who noticed the other guy is the one who acted as SeoHwa's brother in GFB? :O

& Sung Joon. was. awesome. as Gon. :)
A high school delinquent role seems to suit him well too.

Wow the White Christmas geometrical staircases are back! haha!

And I love the background song to the trailer, perfect mix of creepy + dark + emo + ambient.

Sung Joon should just stick to these kind of cold genius roles.

Oh, this movie will be screened in my city as part of Korean Movie Festival and i'm planning to watch it!

watching this teaser make me miss my cold Choi ChiHoon... and other members as well....
after watching White Christmas, it just soo hard to choose any drama that better than it... lol
Korean definitely need to make more drama with this genre instead of typical melo, romance drama...
anyway, soo excited for this movie...

All i can think about now is GON!!! DADDY DAM!!! GON!!!DADDY DAM!!! xD
looks pretty interesting, to-be-watched list +1 :D

Reading the outline reminds me of very similar Hollywood film where the premise was the same. The murder was planned so that the kids in that friends group would be marked leniently in their SATs' coz of their 'grief' and get through top schools eventually.

One new kid got caught in the murder unwittingly and needs to solve it, before he too either ends up dead or stands accused for the same.. im forgetting the name but this was quite a nice movie. but like sung joon.. hope this a nice movie as well :)

Reading the outline reminds me of very similar Hollywood film where the premise was the same. The murder was planned so that the kids in that friends group would be marked leniently in their SATs' coz of their 'grief' and get through top schools eventually.

One new kid got caught in the murder unwittingly and needs to solve it, before he too either ends up dead or stands accused for the same.. im forgetting the name but this was quite a nice movie. for sung joon.. hope this a nice movie as well :)

This looks nuts. I loved White Christmas because it had an awesome cast (and I squeal every time they're coupled up again for anything) but the plot was crazy and I almost peed my pants during the finale.

That being said, I love Sung Joon so I'll probably watch this too haha

I JUST finished White Christmas yesterday.
It wasn't my usual cup of tea, but I was definitely sucked into the drama. Dark, suspenseful, thought-provoking. I had lingering thoughts after each EP. I really liked it overall.

And I liked Sung Joon in it a lot~ ^^

Pluto sounds good too. I'd like to see it. Haven't watched Bleak Night yet tho.

Sung Joon as the genius student again. XD This looks good (I love these kinds of premises :P), I really hope it gets subbed.

cant wait i want spoiler hahaha