| Addicted | |
|---|---|
| Hangul | 중독 |
| Hanja | 中毒 |
| RR | Jungdok |
| MR | Chungtok |
| Directed by | Park Young-hoon |
| Produced by | Lee Choon-Yeon |
| Written by | Byun Won-mi |
| Starring | Lee Byung-hun Lee Mi-yeon Lee Ueol Park Sun-young |
| Cinematography | Kim Byeong-il |
| Distributed by | ShowBox |
| Release date(s) | 18 October 2002 |
| Running time | 114 min. |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
Addicted is a 2002 South Korean thriller film directed by Park Young-hoon. It stars Lee Byung-hun and Lee Mi-yeon. In 2009 it was remade into an American film called Possession.
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Two brothers have different interests; Dae-jun (Lee Byung-hun) loves car racing, while Ho-jun (Lee Ueol) loves carpentry, art and gardening. Despite this, the two are very close. Ho-jun marries his girlfriend, Eun-soo (Lee Mi-yeon). 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 runs late and has to hail a taxi. The speeding taxi crashes into a lorry, and Ho-jun is left seriously injured. At the same time the taxi crashes, Dae-jun's car overturns, leaving him injured as well.
Both Dae-jun and Ho-jun fall into comas. A year later, Dae-jun wakes up, but is unable to walk properly, due in part to his past injuries. He is brought home by Eun-soo, where she attempts to take care of him while he recovers. Over time, Eun-soo realises that Dae-jun is behaving identically to her husband; Dae-jun tries to convince Eun-soo that he actually is Ho-jun, but is still baffled by it. He agrees to go for a hypnosis test, and 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 this revelation.
Eun-soo, unable to accept Dae-jun as Ho-jun, tells Dae-jun's girlfriend 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 as the "possessed" spirit of her former husband. In what could easily be the most melodramatic scene of the movie, Dae-jun and Eun-soo share a slow, steamy, emotional night together after the tearful revelation. They start living life happily as a loving couple. It is also revealed that Eun-soo is pregnant with Dae-jun's child.
Meanwhile, the real Ho-jun is still on life support. The doctor discusses with Eun-soo that it would be best if Ho-jun were taken off of life support. She agrees, and watches with Dae-jun as Ho-jun this occurs. He-jin returns and tells Eun-soo that she does accept the fact that Dae-jun is no longer himself, and that she can no longer love him. She decides to go abroad to study.
Dae-jun, as Ho-jun, opens an exhibit, 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 addressed to Dae-jun arrives. She opens it and finds a necklace which had been given to her by her father and Ho-jun. She reads the accompanying note, from He-jin, saying that she cannot understand Dae-jun's crazy love. Frantic, she digs through Dae-jun's workroom and finds a number of hidden photos of herself, that were taken by Dae-jun. She understands that Dae-jun had loved her before she got married to his brother. 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 sorrowfully.
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. She continues to pretend that Dae-Jun is in fact Ho-jun even though she now knows the truth.
The final scene shows Dae-jun scattering Ho-jun's ashes across the sea. It is revealed that Dae-jun loved Eun-soo even before Ho-jun, and had for the entire time she was with Ho-jun. Dae-jun also confesses that he made use of all of his brother's secrets to "transform" himself into Ho-jun, to the extent of sacrificing his own identity and behaviour. He claims that it was "Dae-jun" who died after the accident. 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.
2003 Grand Bell Awards
Lee Pace and former Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Sarah Michelle Gellar starred in an American remake titled Possession. It was released on DVD and Blu-Ray on March 9, 2010.
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