Warning: Do Not Play

"Watch at your own risk."

2019 1h 25m KO

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6.3

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★6.3TMDB · 82

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Synopsis

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A struggling director makes a desperate bid to dig into the urban legend about a film shot by a ghost, at the risk of her own life.

“Watch at your own risk.”

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Cast

Seo Yea-ji
Park Mi-Jung
Joo Jong-hyuk
Jung-min
Jin Sun-kyu
Kim Jae-Hyun
Kim Bo-ra
Ji-Soo
Ji Yun-ho
Joon-Seo
Cha Yeob
Kwang-Bae
Jae-Young Joe
Young-Min
Jo A-ra
Soon-mi

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kim Jin-won
Writers: Kim Jin-won
Languages: Korean
Countries: South Korea

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1 / 8

RUNTIME

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85 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 7 years ago.

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3 / 8

AWARDS

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Directed by Kim Jin-won, shot by Yoon Yeong-soo. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Park Ki-heon. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

CAST

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Seo Yea-ji and Joo Jong-hyuk and Jin Sun-kyu carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Watch at your own risk.".

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt10801398 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 82 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Kim Jin-won directs. Yoon Yeong-soo behind the camera. Park Ki-heon scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in South Korea. Dialogue in Korean.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

185 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 7 years ago.
3Directed by Kim Jin-won, shot by Yoon Yeong-soo. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Park Ki-heon. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Seo Yea-ji and Joo Jong-hyuk and Jin Sun-kyu carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Watch at your own risk.".
7IMDB entry: tt10801398 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 82 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
9Released under 14 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Yoon Yeong-soo
Original score: Park Ki-heon
Production design: Kim Hyo-shin
Costume design: Han Hye-sook
Makeup / hair: Yoon Hwang-jik
Runtime: 85 min · 1h 25m
Status: Released
Original language: KO
IMDB: Warning: Do Not Play (2019)

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What people are saying

MovieGuys2020-06-17
The concept of a terrifying film created by a ghost has a lot of potential in terms of scare capital. Sadly the script fails to cash in. This films biggest shortcoming is its lack of consistency and direction with its script. It starts off promisingly enough but then gets lost in its own surreal, confusing world, of jump scares and creaking doors. Or put another way it tries too hard to be clever, when a much simpler approach would have served it far better. On the upside the acting is decent, cinamatics atmospheric and eerie but its nowhere near enough to make up for other conspicious shortcomings. In short a frustratingly mind bending watch. 3/10.

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