Pluto 2013 123movies

Watch: 명왕성 2012 123movies, Full Movie Online – Pluto is a story of the extremes elite high school seniors are prepared to go to guarantee entry into prestigious universities, and asks what could possibly turn an innocent boy into a monster. June, a transfer student into an elite school, is driven to despair by the year’s first examination results. One day he discovers that a mysterious clique of fellow students are sharing secret notebooks, which contain important exam information. In order to get his hands on the notebooks he begs the members of the secret circle to include him. They task him with a series of missions to earn them, turning June into a monster in the process..
Plot: Joon is arrested for the murder of the top student at his prestigious school. When he is released, Joon holds students accusing him of the crime in a room and forces them to reveal their dark secrets.
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	6.3/10 Votes: 633
	63% | RottenTomatoes
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	N/A Votes: 25 Popularity: 3.115 | TMDB

Reviews:

Intense South Korean school drama
This downbeat South Korean school drama reminded me somewhat of another film from that country, the animated movie The King of Pigs (2011). Both those films dealt specifically with the themes of bullying and the privileged cliques that exist in the South Korean school system. In this one it looks unfavourably at the system of ranking students, creating different classes of pupils; the film considers the possible violent outcome of this type of rigid system and the way that it can be manipulated by the students themselves. The story begins with the murder of a boy by an unknown assassin. Blame quickly falls on another boy whose phone was found at the scene of the crime. He is released and quickly entraps several of his school mates and from here the story alternates between the present and extended flash-backs that slowly unveil how we got to this situation.

This is a pretty gloomy film with no humour. It’s title derives from the fact that the main character identifies with Pluto which was outcast as a planet because it was the wrong shape and too far removed from the central Sun. He himself feels like an outcast and is a loner who wishes to be part of the privileged group. It’s no coincidence that events in the story are designed to culminate at the point of a total solar eclipse, the very moment the Sun is blocked out; the very moment the core group is wiped out. In truth, the set-up has more potential than is ultimately delivered. The central secrets of the story are not especially surprising and it does maybe lack a certain emotional core. Because of this it’s difficult emphasising with the characters and caring all that much as to what happens to them. Still, it’s a very well-acted film indeed and the cinematography is very fine with plenty of shots that capture the geometric almost prison-like shape of the school.

Pluto – Far out teen angst movie that deserves to remain in the system
A number of years back, Korean cinema was heralded for its originality and non-conformism in a number of its films. Times have moved on but still it holds its own in trying to make original films. In many ways Pluto does and doesn’t fall into this sphere.

What we have is one young bright kid finding that to make up his grades to reach the top he will have to sell his soul out to a clique at his new school who are populated by sociopaths with a bent to abuse to remain at the top of the class.

We have here a dark satire on the pressures of the education system in East Asia (and lets be honest increasingly everywhere now), and the angst & extremes that some feel they need to go to. This film takes the premise further, and combined with some fine cinematography, some good dialogue and a fine cast we have a good film.

Yet it also falls short. Starting well, it does seem to fall into cliché later on and you can seen parts taken from other highly regarded teen movies in the genre (such as ‘Heathers’). It’s a brutal movie at points and some may feel uncomfortable.

I liked it but not as much as I thought I was going. It loses its way and some of the early promises seem to be side stepped to give it a more orthodox feel into the final third.

A fine dark film, questioning much of what we already know about education, but just doesn’t reach the tape at the end of the race. Still I’d say it is worth a shot.

Other Information:

Original Language ko
Runtime 1 hr 54 min (114 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated N/A
Genre Drama, Mystery
Director Su-won Shin
Writer Su-won Shin
Actors Lee Da-wit, Sung Jun, Jo Sung-ha
Country South Korea
Awards 2 wins & 3 nominations
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