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At first, I thought I was watching another Twilight Zone or Black Mirror, and I was excited about that. But as the series goes on, I wasn't sure what I was watching anymore. I watched episodes 1-6. These episodes ranged from pretty predictable Twilight Zone-style plots to touching dramas to whatever the hell happened with the cult episode to literally 30 minutes of interpretive dance.

So after 6 episodes, I'm calling it quits. I don't think it's a bad thing to question or be surprised about what you're watching, but there's a limit to that. If I'm in the mood for sports, I don't want to see a psychological thriller. If I'm in the mood for sci-fi action, I don't want a Charlie Chaplin silent film. The problem with Room 104 is that you don't know what you're watching until you've watched it (and with some episodes, you still don't know what you watched). It's like committing to watching whatever channel you land on after mashing the buttons on your remote.

With that said, the production values are pretty good, there are some good actors, and 1 of the 6 episodes had a twist that surprised me, so I gave it a 3/10.

If you've never seen a movie made by The Asylum, then give this a shot so you know what to avoid in the future.

Setting aside the poor acting, ridiculous plot, miserable special effects, and complete disregard for physics in every action sequence, it's the poor editing that really gets to me. In the opening sequence (which really isn't related to the rest of the movie outside of really obvious foreshadowing), a plane starts to crash, but the pilot pulls up before it hits the aircraft carrier. He flies it a little longer out over the ocean but can't get enough speed to pull it, so he ejects. Somehow, the plane then crashes into the aircraft carrier as if it hadn't just been flying away. On top of that, when they find the pilot, he's burnt and dead as if he was in an explosion, which he wasn't because he ejected. It's like they just filmed random scenes without thinking about how'd they'd fit together. And that was the first 3 minutes or so.

I turned it off around the 20 minute mark. It's a complete waste of time just like Transmorphers, Terminators, or Snakes on a Train.

Yes, I'm going to go ahead and say that this is my favorite movie. Take that as a bias for this review, or take it as an endorsement, it's up to you.

First off, as you've probably read, if you're interested in the US remake, watch the original. I'm not saying you should watch the original first or second, or to skip the US version, I'm just saying you should watch the original whenever. It's better than the remake, regardless of the order that you watch them. There is a desperation in the main character of the original version that is lost in the remake, and to me, that desperation was the driving force behind the plot.

While spending his time locked up, you get to see Dae-su go through all the stages of grief. But the difference is that the final stage, acceptance, has a different effect on him in that he becomes almost empty. I used the word desperation before because he becomes a man who has nothing to live for except revenge. While the hallway scene may seem ridiculous on paper, I had no trouble believing it when I first watched the movie. In other movies, his actions would be those of a man possessed, but Oldboy is about a man who has suffered, was hollowed out, and no longer knows fear.

Chan-wook Park is an amazing writing and director. I wish I knew more about film theory so I could explain the various ways he makes this film spectacular. The most important thing to me is how he conveys emotion. Even watching it with subtitles, you'll understand the characters' plights. On top of all that, the twists and turns are completely unexpected assuming you haven't seen the remake or the ripoff "The Samaritan".

If you're like me, after watching this, you'll go out and find the rest of Chan-wook Park's library.