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KOREAN MOVIE REVIEW: FORGOTTEN

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7/10 Two  young brothers and their parents move into a new home. Both students in their twenties, the brothers share a strong bond. One rainy night the older brother is kidnapped by some strangers. When he is back 19 days later he has no memory of what has occurred.  The younger brother suspects that something strange is happening in the house. Why is one of the rooms always locked? And why did his older brother suddenly lose his limp - an injury he received in a car crash a few years ago? Little by little he discovers that all is connected to a murder where the culprit had never been found... FORGOTTEN is an elegant murder mystery that starts off slowly, but gathers pace bit by bit - which is typical for Korean movies. The clever mystery has many revelations, peeling layer after layer, slowly getting to the core, and this is how I like my mysteries to unravel. The small crew of actors excels at changing their characters from caring to menacin