Han Ye-rin (한예린)

Scary `Face' Keeps Things Simple

Source | 2004/06/10 | 0 comments | Permalink |

By Joon Soh
Staff Reporter
It's June and so begins the annual onslaught of spine-chilling horror films to get you through those muggy summer days and nights. "Face", which kicks off the local part of the scare fare Friday, won't cause any blood-curdling screams, but still has a high enough fear factor to jolt you and your date out of your seats once in a while.

The film combines the horror genre with a good old-fashioned murder mystery. A serial killer has taken his or her fourth victim, but besides the bones, there are no other traces to identify the person. The only one who may be able to track the killer down is Hyon-min (Shin Hyun-jun), a forensics expert who specializes in reconstructing faces from the skulls of victims. But Hyon-min just quit the force in order to take care of his one and only daughter (Han Ye-rin), who needs his undivided attention after receiving a heart transplant.

However, Hyon-min finds out that it's not so easy to walk away from the job....| More