Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Expected more

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

The screenplay was everything with multiple twists and the movie keeps us guessing until the climax. It's a thriller and horror in one package. Many of the scenes gave me the chills. A different type of horror movie and definitely worth a watch.

The Wailing may look like a generic and light-hearted horror movie on the surface. However, by delving deeper into the story's plot, evidences of satire that is related to the second World War and the Japanese invasion of Korea can be seen clearly. At the center of the satire, is the Japanese man who represents the war era Japan that had invaded Korea, resulting in the death of many men, women, and children and the emergence of "comfort Women" which was in reality the prostitution of young women and even girls. For instance, the young woman in white may represent the Comfort Women. There is even a a scene in which the Japanese man chases the woman in the jungle. And in another scene, he attacks another woman in an attempt to rape her. There are also other traces of rape and sexual abuse in women. For example, most women seem to have contracted a disease that is somewhat similar to that of an STD that has also transferred into men. And the policeman's daughter's thighs are bruised. Later, she also confesses that she has met the Japanese man. Moreover,the Japanese man's cleansing practice in the waterfall may represent Japan's attempt to cleanse its past, but to no avail. The whole village and maybe even the policeman stands for Korea, and the people are the nation. Nobody trusts the Japanese man, nobody likes him, but no matter how hard they try, they fail to drive him out of the village; he is there to stay and to make sure that everyone is consumed. One by one, the families fall victim to the Japanese man (or the Devil) who fall upon them like a disease. The disease then spreads until it consumes the whole village. Finally, the Shaman is a representation of traitors that allowed Japan to take over the country for their own personal profit. All in all, the movie has skillfully illustrated the horrors of the war, and the feeling of helplessness and darkness that takes over a country during such a period.

Was so annoyed with the main cast Do-won Kwak, weak, spineless and just plain stupid and helpless.

Why do critics often overrate foreign films? Could it be that that there are no frames of reference to effect able comparisons? Such is the case with Na Hong-jin's, The Wailing, a rather dopey "horror thriller" set in a rural area of South Korea. If you must see this inane tale, then see it for the nifty cinematography which features plush landscapes of the South Korean countryside.The protagonist here is Jong-goo, a police officer, who dotes on his young daughter, Hyo-jin. One is struck immediately by the crude talk of the local constabulary which Jong-goo belongs, having attained the rank of sergeant. The local police have now been entrusted with investigating a series of deaths due to what initially is believed to be some kind of gruesome infectious disease, leaving bubonic plague-like splotches on the skin, leading to murders committed by sole family members.A mysterious woman informs Jong-goo about an elderly Japanese man, living out in the sticks, who might be a person of interest. A local hunter claims he saw the man almost naked, with glowing red eyes, eating a deer. Jong-goo, along with another officer, perform what appears to be a warrant-less search on the stranger's house while he is away and the partner finds pictures of the infected and murdered victims inside the Japanese man's home (he's so shocked that he doesn't he even tell Jong-goo).No need to go into great detail about what happens next. Suffice it to say that when Hyo-jin becomes infected, Jong- goo attempts to hunt the Japanese man down after putting a posse together including a young Japanese-speaking deacon. They aren't successful in capturing the alleged "demon," and then Jong-goo's mother- in-law recommends employing Il-gwang, a local shaman, who subsequently performs a bizarre ritual designed to remove the spirits inhabiting Hyo- jin's body.Jong-goo finally is forced to play "will the real demon please stand up," and is unable to discern whether the mysterious woman he encountered earlier is being truthful when she denies being the demon and continuing to point the finger at the "Jap" (antipathy toward the Japanese still apparently runs high even among modern day South Koreans). The deacon however, ends up confronting the old man who reveals himself to be the actual demon.The ending is decidedly not happy at all when Jong-goo returns home and finds his wife and mother-in-law slaughtered by his now possessed daughter. There is supposed to be some kind of twist when we discover that Il-gwang might be part of the demon club, after we see him returning to his car, unintentionally dropping a box containing photos of the other victims of those possessed.The Wailing disappoints for two major reasons. First there's the protagonist Jong-goo, played by Do-won Kwak. I don't think I've ever seen a police officer as wimpy as the one played by Kwak. The demon appears to wreak havoc upon his psyche and he's end up a blubbering mess —a shell of a man—at film's end. Where was Bruce Willis when you needed him?Second and more important, Na Hong-jin's monster isn't one bit scary or original. All the flesh eating and glowing eyes are things we've seen many times before in these type of films. The only people who end up wailing are those who pay tickets for this paltry and lugubrious entry in the pantheon of shlock (not shock) infested entertainment.