Addicted (2002 film)

Infobox Korean Film
name = Addicted


director = Park Young-hoon
producer = Lee Choon-Yeon
writer = Byun Won-mi
starring = Lee Byung-Hun
Lee Mi-Yeon
Lee Ueol
Park Sun-young
music =
cinematography = Kim Byeong-il
editing =
distributor = ShowBox
released = October 18, 2002
runtime = 114 min.
country = South Korea
language = Korean
budget =
imdb_id = 0336678
hangul = "중독"
hanja = "中毒"
rr = "Jungdok"
mr = "Chungtok" |

"Addicted" is a 2002 South Korean thriller film directed by Park Young-hoon.

Synopsis

Two brothers have differing interests. Dae-jun loves car racing. Ho-jun, on the other hand, loves carpentry, art and gardening. In spite of this, the two are known to be very close.

Ho-jun marries his girlfriend, Eun-soo.

Dae-jun decides to take part in a car race final, regardless of his brother's objections. Ho-jun still goes to support his brother in the car race, but is late and forced to hail a taxi. The speeding taxi crashed into a lorry, and Ho-jun was left seriously injured. The same time the taxi crashed, Dae-jun's car overturns, leaving him injured as well.

Both Dae-jun and Ho-jun fell into comas. A year later, Dae-jun wakes up, but is unable to walk properly due, in part, to his past injuries.

Dae-jun is brought home by Eun-soo, where she attempts to take care of him while he recovers. Eun-soo notices Dae-jun watering the plants in the same way Ho-jun used to. Over time, Eun-soo realises that he is behaving exactly the same as her husband, down to his mannerisms, tastes and thoughts. Dae-jun tries to convince Eun-soo that he is Ho-jun, but seems baffled by it still.

Dae-jun eventually agrees to go for a hypnosis test. His answers so reflect his brother's character that the doctor concludes that Ho-jun's spirit has entered Dae-jun's body. Eun-soo is devastated by the test results.

Eun-soo, still unable to accept Dae-jun as Ho-jun tells Dae-jun's good friend He-jin that she is unable to live with Dae-jun. He-jin offers to take Dae-jun away to work with her at a farmland and Dae-jun agrees, for the sake of Eun-soo. However, one rainy day, Dae-jun appears to Eun-soo, just as Ho-jun had before. They discuss memories together and Eun-soo finally accepts Dae-jun to be the "possessed" spirit of her former husband.

Meanwhile, the real Ho-jun is still on life support. The doctor discusses with Eun-soo that it would be a good idea for both the patient and her to take Ho-jun off life support. His organs are not working properly and his body is starting to rot. She agrees and watches with Dae-jun as Ho-jun is taken off life support.

He-jin returns and tells Eun-soo that she does accept the fact that Dae-jun is no longer Dae-jun and that she can no longer love him. She decides to go abroad to study.

Dae-jun opens an exhibit, as Ho-jun, displaying artworks and describing them as if he were Ho-jun. Eun-soo, not feeling well, decides to go home to rest for a bit. While she is home, a package arrives and is addressed to Dae-jun. She opens it and find her necklace (given to her by her father and Ho-jun). She also reads the note, from He-jin that says that she cannot understand Dae-jun's crazy love. Frantic, she digs through Dae-jun's workroom and finds hidden a number of photos, all of herself, that were taken by Dae-jun. She also finds a notebook that Dae-jun wrote about loving her and being happy because he is able to watch her and live with her through his brother, Ho-jun. She cries sorrowly.

She arrives back at the exhibit where Dae-jun is and asks questions about the pieces of art and makes comments about how some artworks might look good in their yard.

The final scene shows Dae-jun scattering Ho-jun's ashes across the sea. It's revealed that Dae-jun loved Eun-soo before Ho-jun, and had for the entire time she was with Ho-jun. Dae-jun also confesses that he made use of all his brother's secrets to transform himself into Ho-jun, to the extent of sacrificing his own identity and behaviour. He tells his brother that Eun-soo will forever love him as Ho-jun. He apologizes and asks his brother never to forgive him for his deeds.

Cast

* Lee Byung-Hun ... Dae-jun
* Lee Mi-Yeon ... Eun-su
* Lee Ueol ... Ho-jun
* Park Sun-young ... He-jin

Remake

Lee Pace and former "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" star Sarah Michelle Gellar are slated to star in the American remake, due early 2008.

External links

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* [http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_Addicted.php "Addicted"] at HanCinema