Okay. Let me apply the K.I.S.S (Keep It Short & Simple) principle while I try my best to write what on earth is Chaw (Man-eating Boar) all about.Sammae-ri is a small and peaceful village, somewhere in South Korea, known for its crime-less reputation until one day, horribly mutilated human body parts are discovered on the mountains. Soon, they realize that a man-eating boar is somewhere around.
So, the hunt for the boar (called Chaw) begins with a group of 5 people: Officer Kim, a newly transferred police officer from Seoul; Il-man, a legendary retired hunter; Baek, a famous hunter hired by the village's head to kill the monstrous boar; Detective Shin who's in charge of the case; and ecologist Soo-ryeon who takes any risk to study mutant animal species.
So, you'll watch how the boar terrorize the villagers and how the five silly human beings chase the monstrous boar or worse, vice versa.
As usual, the trend of Korean filmmakers is that they love to fuse action, thriller, and humor elements together in their movies. The problem is, the humor element doesn't work. In fact, it's kind of annoying and somehow, I feel retarded watching their childish acts. I understand that they want to leverage tense moments with some lighthearted jokes. But, silly slapstick jokes don't work, okay?
So, honestly speaking, I don't recommend this movie unless you seriously wanna watch a huge mutant, CGI-ed boar that keeps tearing people into pieces. I watched it for RM6. So, it's fine. :)
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