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A couple decides to adopt a six-year-old boy since
they are unable to have a baby themselves. The boy
seems a bit strange and the time he should spend
with his new family he decides to spend by the
Acacia tree in their garden. When the woman one
day realizes that she's pregnant, everything starts
falling apart for the young boy and starts doing
drastic things to get attention.
After collecting dust on my DVD shelf for about
three weeks I finally decided to watch this film
that seemed more like a drawn-out drama than a
horrorfilm. Due to lack of other interesting
titles to watch I decided to give this a shot anyway
and that's really nothing I regret. Acacia uses
the same formula as A Tale Of Two Sister but this
time it also has a killer tree.... A KILLER TREE!
I mean, how original isn't that. Oh I forgot The
Guardian, well it's almost completely original
then. Anyway it turned out to be a really good movie.
It's funny how I usually find out about Asian
movies first when they come to DVD and never when
they go to cinema, well except for Chakushin Ari
which I've been dying to see for ages. Anyway,
perhaps this is a good thing since I wouldn't be
able to see them anyway and that would just make
me desperate to see movies. What surprised me was
that this was a really highbudget horrormovie and
you can really tell by the directing aswell. The
use of colours are very vibrant and the shots of
the tree look almost dreamlike. I mean, this is
the director behind Whispering Corridors, he has
improved A LOT.
Never heard of any of these actors before though
but I think they did a pretty good job. I wish
that we would have rooted for them more though
and the character development mightn't have been
the best but they were still above average. It's
nice to see that Asian horrormovies aren't always
ghost horrormovies, this one really separated
from the bunch so this is definitely something I
can recommend even if it is a bit too long.
A couple of scissor stabbings and some blood
coughing. This is one movie that I really wanted
some more gore in as it would've been a nice
touch. Perhaps a higher bodycount aswell.
Beautiful. Simply beautiful. It didn't impress
me at first with it's standard piano music but
when the violins kick in it's an unforgettable
journey for your ears.
Surprisingly good horror movie from the new Asian
masters of horror, South Korea. With a little
more gore, a little shorter running time and
a much higher bodycount this could've been close
to perfection.
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