Director: Kim Sok-yun
Notable Cast: Kim
Myung-min, Oh Dal-su, Kim Ji-won, Kim Bum, Park Geun-hyung, Woo Hyun, Yoon
Sang-hoon, Jang Yul, Kim Jung-hwa, Lee Min-ki, Ahn Nae-sang, Nam Seong-jin
There was a large part of me that didn’t even want to see Detective K: Secret of the Living Dead yet. I’ve been curious about the
franchise for quite some time, thanks to my love of eclectic and historically
set detective series like Sherlock Holmes or Detective Dee, but the first two
films in the series have yet to get a US release and my budgets have not yet
allowed me to import the first two films. That didn’t seem to stop Asian film
distributor Well Go USA from throwing down some cash to get the third film a US
release - and a theatrical one at that. In the end though, curiosity always kills
the Matt, and I leapt into this film without seeing the first two...and I had a
lot of fun. Granted, the film is obviously a film meant to appeal to a more
mainstream audience with its bouncing humor and entertaining characters so
don’t expect hard hitting thematic material, but for what it is the film is
quite humorous and highly entertaining. Detective
K: Secret of the Living Dead
contains boundless energy and charm to spare. What more could someone want from
a film like this?