Mute Hee-Jin is working as a clerk in a fishing resort in the Korean wilderness; selling baits, food and occasionally her body to the fishing tourists. One day she falls in love with Hyun-Shik, who is on the run for the police and saves him when he tries to commit suicide.
Definitely one of the strangest movies I've ever seen, but it's also really good in a psychotic kind of way. The Isle became notorious when at its premiere viewers vomited or passed out due to its gruesome scenes. Personally I wouldn't say it's that bad, but yes, there's a couple of scenes that has some serious shock value. I would say that the concepts and twisted ideas are the most disturbing things, rather than the visuals and actual scenes.
The Isle manages to always top itself in strangeness and the unique setting is a winner. Director Kim Ki-duk (3-Iron) succeeds in combining dark humor with sex and bloodshed in a mature and fascinating way. It's like no other film, that's for sure. A love story with fish hooks.
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