magnuslhad Chan-wook Park is rightly celebrated for the Vengeance trilogy. Thirst tries to explore the same themes of finding the vestiges of humanity in a cruel world suffused with sex and violence (and quite often sexual violence), but seems too intent on celebrating its excesses and so loses sight of the humanity in the tale. Kang-ho Song as the priest Sang-hyeon, stricken with vampirism the way others pick up hepatitis, is brooding and charismatic. OK-bin Kim as his unfettered lover Tae-ju gives a performance of unbridled passion and energy, but lacking an anchor in a narrative, the histrionics seems to be sound and fury amounting to very little. I didn't hate the film, but felt too hard it was trying to shock me, and so perversely ended up bored.

dillonpsd Maybe I don't get the overacting of Asian film's but this movie sucked! Besides being over acted and having the most disturbingly annoying noises (slurp slurp) this movie was horrid. I watched it after seeing a high review of a 7.1, which is great for a horror film.Sex scenes were so annoying, and I was expecting a kick ass vampire movie. Instead I got nothing but some Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon sex show with humans who liked to drink blood.Save yourself a headache and embarrassment!I hated Twighlight, and I would rather watch that movie 1000x before watching this crap again. It was so beyond boring, confusing, and a total waste of time.3/10

Leofwine_draca More excellent film-making from Park Chan-wook, who shows no signs of flagging in his quest to bring his unique brand of inventive and unique movies to the world. This is his version of a traditional vampire movie, and while it's not quite as quirky as I'd expected from this director, it certainly packs a punch and proves a breath of fresh air in a cinematic world inundated by the latest Twilight movies.Put simply, THIRST holds your attention. The storyline, about a priest who finds himself infected with a blood virus and then is slowly transformed into a bloodsucker, is never less than thoroughly entertaining. It goes without saying that the direction is flawless – every scene and sequence is expertly crafted, leaving no margin for error. Emphasis is on characterisation throughout, which is always a strong point, and the actors have the talent to fully bring their roles to life; the main actress is particularly fascinating.Overall, this is a gruesome, gripping, melancholic look at the world of the vampire. Be warned, it's explicit and often in your face, but as with the rest of the director's output, this is a film that sets out to challenge assumptions and overcome cliché. It works a treat.

Jordan Davis To begin, Chan-wook Park is easily in my top 3 favorite Directors of all time. Everything he has made is a masterpiece. He treats every single scene of his movies like a painting, each of them a work of art. Thirst is probably his most strange and creative film I have seen by him. He creates a fresh and new story to add to the tale of vampires. Thirst is a much different film compared to Parks more gory films, like his Vengeance Trilogy. This film while still having its gory moments has much more of a comical side to it.The main character is Priest Sang-hyeon. He gets involved in a experiment where he believes he is doing good and is going to heal people by going through this experiment. By the end of it he contracts the EV disease but survives and is transformed into a vampire. Now that he has the blood thirst, and sexual urges he tries and contains himself so he can still be a priest and serve the Lord.http://tgtbtw.blogspot.com/The whole first half of the movie is filled with awkward and very humorous moments. It's a side you don't see too often in Park's films. So for me it was great to see his sense of humor really come out in this movie but at the same time make it a very entertaining vampire movie. But about half through the way movie the story drastically changes and it begins to go back what were used to seeing in Park's films. The movie is basically split into two acts. The first being the goofier and humorous type, where we see the Priest learning what it means to be a vampire. But the second act stays more true to the vampire genre, with lots of eating of humans, and the vampires having more of the higher species mentality.Both acts of the movie are fantastic, and the whole cast is superb. One actress in particular is OK-bin Kim. She is only 22 in this movie, but her character forces her to play many different types of roles. She starts out as a very submissive wife who was forced into her marriage, but we than get to see her grow and overcome her "nightmare" of a life, as she calls it. Each of the characters has a rise and a fall, and the movie is filled with very dramatic and even more intense scenes. I'd have to say the last 20 minutes is my favorite 20 minutes of any Chan- wook Park films, and maybe of all times. The ending is set in gorgeous scenery, and has a very emotional finale. If you are a fan of Chan-wook Park in the slightest, or interested in the myth of vampires, you must see Parks rendition of it.