It's probably typical of his work, and there is nothing to say against his direction - it's very good. But the movie itself... It's very well made and delivers what it sets out to do perfectly. It's just that I don't care at all about the kind of people portrayed. And I find it a waste of time (and celluloid?) to make a film about them. It might just be me, but the film told me nothing I didn't know before, as the world is full of those kinds of persons (the same that populated last year's Berlinale disaster "Men at Work" - unfortunately there wasn't a talented director like Hong at work to balance it at least a bit). But I'll try and do it some justice in my review.