On March 21, the Netflix Original Korean film Revelations was released.
The genre is Dark, Suspenseful, Thriller.
After finishing work and having dinner, I watched Revelations.
The film is based on the webtoon of the same name, Revelations, created by director Yeon Sang-ho and writer Choi Gyu-seok.
Director Yeon Sang-ho, who previously directed the drama Hellbound (2021, 2024), released Revelations on Netflix on the 21st.
At the production presentation, Director Yeon introduced the film as "a story about the downfall and salvation of people who see only what they want to see and believe only what they want to believe."
Unlike his previous works, Revelations excludes fantasy elements and CGI, presenting a realistic psychological thriller.
The main characters are Pastor Seong Min-chan (played by Ryu Jun-yeol) and Detective Yoon Yeon-hee (played by Shin Hyun-bin).
The story begins when an ex-convict, Kwon Yang-rae (played by Shin Min-jae), appears before them.
Min-chan is a pastor who has been dedicated to spreading doctrine in a small provincial town for five years.
Yeon-hee is a police officer and the older sister of a victim who lost her life to crime.
She is haunted by guilt for failing to protect her younger sibling.
Min-chan believes that Yang-rae is the "child of Satan," while Yeon-hee sees him as "a challenge of evil."
Then, a middle school girl named Ah-young, a member of Min-chan’s congregation, goes missing.
The film aims to examine individuals who view the world through the rigid lens of their own beliefs.
Director Yeon Sang-ho explores how people make choices based on their faith and convictions, and the consequences that follow.
Through this, he delivers a message that encourages the audience to reflect on the nature of belief and its potential to lead to both destruction and salvation.