Memories of Murder (2003) directed by Bong Joon-ho watched on Amazon for £1.99
Very good, and sometimes excellent 'based on true crime' drama focusing on the chaotic, often incompetent investigation of serial rape/murders in the South Korean sticks. The director here is more interested in police procedures than the motivations of the killer, with a savage portrayal of inept investigations including crime scene incompetence, dueling cops often coming to blows, police brutality in search of confessions and some ridiculous deductions based on prejudicial assumptions. At times the movie descends deliberately into black farce as the cops make one mistake after another and the bodies and wrong suspects mount up. Not up there with the Director's Oscar winner but worth a spin.
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