Korean DVD corner: Blind

Blind (블라인드)

Tragedy strikes when prized police academy cadet Min Soo-ah (Kim Ha-neul) intervenes in her younger brother’s mischievous B-Boy lifestyle, seeking to rescue him from destroying his potential, but a fateful traffic accident results in his death, leaving her emotionally distraught and permanently blind. Seeking reinstatement to the police force as a criminal analyst, her superior denies her because she neglected authority hastily using restraints, which we’re told ultimately caused her brother’s passing.

But fate intervenes when she returns to the city when a taxi driver commits a hit-and-run. The driver moonlights as a psychotic killer (Yang Young-jo), abducting women and sexually ravishing them, concluding in slaughter. Soo-ah describes the preceding encounter, but law enforcement is hardly intrigued to accept a handicapped, frail female’s testimony. After proving competent, Soo-ah attains Detective Jo’s (Jo Hie-bong) trust and respect and is injected into the investigation.

Following her analysis and a delivery boy’s (Yoo Seung-ho) eyewitness account, police hone in on the perpetrator leading to a competition of sensory and wits between good and evil culminating in a chase to the death to maintain a sexual deviant’s miscreant exploits.

Simply put, this is another bland, run-of-the-mill suspense/thriller with a minor twist hoping to justify its existence. The first hour sets the scene developing the characters involved in the climax. While containing a hint of suspense whilst simultaneously lacking any demonstration of quality, no surprises or fascination are involved. Better selections are certainly available for rental or justify hard drive occupation.

Entertainment is the only aspect provided as another deranged serial killer preys on a harmless female … blah,blah,blah — you’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all; unfortunately you‘ll see them again because movies are made for profit and this genre tweaks three-and-a-half plot details, eventually releasing another uninspiring adaptation.