The Wailing
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‘The Wailing’ is a movie is a prevailing movie which was seen by more than five million people.
In the movie, the village fell into a great confusion after a stranger appeared, because of the serial murder incidents. The police said that it was because of wild mushrooms, but people constantly placed doubt on the stranger. One day a police officer met a woman who claimed that she had witnessed the site and was convinced with the rumor. When the police officer’s daughter showed the same symptoms of the victims, he became urgent and rampaged in front of the stranger.
It is a very prevailing movie now and scores thousands of audiences. However, there are some disputable factors that can be found in this movie.
There was a controversy over the title of this movie. The title could be interpreted in two meanings: a wailing cry or the name of a village in South Korea. The title was intended to mean ‘a wailing cry’, but it was possible for people to misinterpret is as the name of the village. Since the plot of the movie was gloomy and mysterious, showing serial murders happening in the village, it could actually affect the village, forming people a negative perception about the village. Fortunately, the production company specified the title in order to avoid further criticism. Also, the attempt to improve the image and the attempt to prevent people from misjudging about the village moved people’s hearts.
Over the age of 15 are allowed to watch this movie. But throughout this movie we can seek violence, and madness. Also the movie shows serial murder, damaged corpse, bloody images, and scenes and implies the death of the whole family. Especially parents are worrying about the effects the movie might pose on to their children. So critics say that the movie should allow only the age of 19 and above to watch it. One audience even said that this movie was more brute and bloody than the previous movie of the director. On the other hand, people say that compared to the previous movies conducted by the director, the level of violence and sensationalism is low, and therefore it is acceptable to let teenagers over the age of 15 to watch that movie.
According to the Korea Media Rating Board, they say that the movie is about a mysterious serial killer and fighting against the supernatural phenomenon occurring after the presence of a stranger. Since it is a thriller movie, some part of violence and sensationalism are neither alleviated nor glorified. But except for that part, the dialogues and scenes are socially commonly approvable.
However, it is an undeniable fact that the movie still contains numerous scenes that might be shown as disprovable for children to see, and there are even scenes which the Korea Media Rating Board designated as inappropriate scenes for teenagers.