To Sir With Love
Lim Dae-wung
After 16 years, a reunion takes place between the now wheelchair-bound Mrs Park and her students. It seems, though, that everyone has an axe to grind with their former teacher.
The set-up holds some promise but it becomes a little repetitive going through the back-stories of all the students.
The murder scenes are gruesome affairs, and in keeping with the school theme, feature a pocket pen-knife, a stapler and other stationery of torture. It is the scatological fetish, however, that tips the movie into overkill.
The lesson here? Do right by your students and fellow classmates – you never know who’s going to turn out to be a psycho.
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