Product Details

• Actors: Suk-kyu Han, Eun-ha Shim, Hang-Seon Jang, Jung-ah Yum, Seok-Hwan An
• Directors: Yoon-Hyun Chang
• Writers: Yoon-Hyun Chang, Eun-Ah In, Eun-Jeong Kim, Hye-Weon Shim, Su-chang Kong
• Producers: Yoon-Hyun Chang, Bon-han Ku, Kwi-Deok Choe
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: Korean
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Kino International
• DVD Release Date: May 14, 2002
• Run Time: 118 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000648YF
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #101,290 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Tell Me Something" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Studio: Kino International Release Date: 07/31/2007 Run time: 118 minutes Rating: R

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars [Tell Me Something], May 23, 2002

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Edward Lee "Trekscribbler (NCC1205)" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tell Me Something (DVD)

TELL ME SOMETHING is one pleasant surprise. It's plot is tight, it's pacing is solid, and it's surprises are frightening.

Lieutenant Cho's back is against the wall. Brought up on charges of police corruption, he's a heartbeat away from losing his career. However, a series of brutal murders -- linked by the fact that the arms, legs, and heads are interchanged on the bodies of the victims -- pulls him away from the charges as he's placed in charge of the investigation. As it turns out, all of the victims are former lovers of a reclusive artist, Suyeon Chae, and now Cho must face the secrets of her past to unravel the mystery of the present ... and, possibly, her future.

Drenched in an atmosphere of the best film noir, TELL ME SOMETHING is a superb 'whodunnit' that keeps the viewer guessing up until the very end. A cerebral combination of the police procedural and noir's best elements, the film presents a roller coaster full of suspects with an equal number of motives.

However, it isn't until the very last scene of the film that the true killer is revealed ... a clever twist that haunts the viewer to a repeat viewing for all the clues that were missed along the way.

Extraordinarily edited and wraught with suspense, TELL ME SOMETHING is not for the soft-stomached. The film boasts a fair share of blood and flesh scenes, shockingly simple in their construction but packing one terrific wallop visually. The performances, especially of the two leads (Han Suk-gyu as Cho and Shim Eun-ha as Chae), are dead on ... no pun intended. That's not to say that the film is perfect; there are a few clues that probably would've been handled differently, and one situation regarding a youthful neighbor of the disturbed Chae is a bit hard to swallow. However, the drawbacks are minor, and they do little to diminish the utter sense of dread and failure overwhelming Lieutenant Cho is the film's ultimate climax.

Watch it with the lights on. It's well worth it.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Stylish thriller in the spirit of Basic Instinct with holes, October 31, 2002

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David H. Kil (Gilroy, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tell Me Something (DVD)

I watched this movie with my sisters late at night. Just as Basic Instinct was about three flawed characters (a psychiatrist, a cop, and a writer), Tell Me Something is about a cop, a physician, and an artist (also a museum curator) who are intricately linked through the gruesome murders and the dark past of the artist. Some complained that the plot was confusing, but the hints are sprinkled here and there to make the story coherent and compelling.

One glaring weakness is that the cop makes more procedural mistakes than a bumbling idiot. My sister kept saying that he deserved to die for his sheer incompetence and I agree. Despite the gore, the movie somehow failed to deliver the gothic, bone-chilling horror of the Silence of the Lambs. There were just too many scenes of mutilated bodies and the novelty wore off quickly after the first few minutes. The scenes just seemed artificial and obligatory.

However, I found the psychological aspect of the movie more appealing. The movie doesn't explain everything to the viewer's satisfaction, leaving us to ponder what each one's motives were and why they behaved in a certain, sometimes illogical way. I wish that the director spent extra ten minutes probing the relationship between the cop and the artist while skipping some gruesome, ineffective scenes. Overall, it was a thought-provoking movie with an interesting twist at the end.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Get your refreshments before you push PLAY, October 18, 2004

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Rudolf Spoerer "dowadiddi" (Weston, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tell Me Something (DVD)

Because once this Korean masterpiece starts you will not be able to tear yourself away from this thriller ..... Interestingly enough the film has a dubbed English track, the dubbed sound is good and the English is pefect, but, unfortunately the voices loose some of their impact and it's pretty hard to be able to duplicate the sweet lilting voices of the young female stars ....


There are of course a lot of cultural differences that will be noticable immediately between the police work of these Korean detectives and the ones that we are more accustomed to with the FBI. The two police detectives don't really believe in 'backup' and they don't even have 'walkie talkies' ... If they call in they use their cellphones ... As well, you may see a task force room set up for catching a vicious pshychotic killer, but thats about it from there on in our detectives might as well have been private eyes working on their own like 'Dirty Harry' ...


The movie is complex, violent and shocking .. great or what ..... the viewer is immediately subjected to the suspense of the story and it doesn't let up till the very last minute ... literally ...


If this movie doesn't change you perception of sweet young Oriental girls that wouldn't harm a fly ... get a copy of 'Auditon' at the same time and, trust me, you'll probably never get into an elevator alone with one of these young beauties ... LOL


The DVD quality is superb ... sound.. cinematograhy all fabulous and first class .... definitely a keeper DVD ... Oh yes ...