I am pretty sure that ever since the brilliant Vengeance-trilogy, people have been keeping an eye on Chan-wook Park in order to see what he would do next. The first thing that we got was “I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK” which was an oddball lovestory of sorts, it was not bad but it did feel like it could have been much more, it had the potential of being much better and it simply didn’t live up to it. Then came “Thirst” which was bound to cater better to the people that loved Vengeance-trilogy. It has a similar visual style as the two latter parts of the Vengeance-trilogy had, it is wonderfully over the top to say the least, check out the ocean shot towards the end. “Thirst” most met us halfway, it is part Vengeance-trilogy and part “I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK”. It is dark love story with plenty of odd moments and gruesome murders, personal relationships gone way out of hand, ridiculous sty lings and plenty of blood.
It does feel a bit like it tries to do a bit too much, a simpler approach might have been a bit better given the story. There is plenty of nice moments to be found, even though the movie is overall flawed and not quite in the same league as the Vengeance-trilogy. It is certainly not without its charm. There are plenty of good scenes, beautiful visuals and the love story is partly touching, partially unusual. Making the main character a priest was a bit too much perhaps, he is not that amazing of a character. Tae-ju is far more interesting and is by far the most engrossing character in the movie. The movies biggest flaw is probably that it manages to add very little if anything at all to a genre that has become incredibly stale, despite trying so hard.
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