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'The Man Standing Next' ('Namsanui bujangdeul'): Film Review
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hollywoodreporter.comA cinematic history lesson that will be all-new to most Americans lacking ties to Korea, Min-ho Woo's The Man Standing Next observes the inner circle of South Korean president Park Chung-hee during the 40 days before his assassination on Oct.
26, 1979. Though touching on a le Carre-like web of loyalties, ambition and hidden agendas, the film (an adaptation of Kim Choong-Seek's book KCIA Chiefs) is generally less engrossing than that might suggest, only coming to life in the sweaty hours leading up to that murder.
More conventional than the work of the bold South Korean auteurs who are finally breaking into Stateside consciousness, it may nonetheless benefit from post-Parasite openness to imports from the nation.
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