Howling takes a somewhat unbelievable plot and runs like a wolf with it. The two detective protagonists do an exemplary job carrying the film... but the real hero of the film is the avenging wolf-dog. I must admit I was never bored during the shots of the beast running or staring out with piercing eyes. If this were an American film I'm sure Hollywood would have made a mess of the sexism subplot and turned the whole thing into some clumsy "message" movie. In this context the other detectives came off as jerks and one couldn't help but root for Eun-yeong & Sang-gil to solve the case before their colleagues. Once it was determined that the deceased were all "bad guys" it seemed a little odd that revenge wasn't even considered as a motive until later. The scene with final kill was sad and expertly done. That sealed the deal for me. Unless you dislike avenging wolf-dogs, you can't really go wrong with Howling.

I was fooled by the cover and the title. Not only that, it was filed here under horror, had to do better research before buying because this had nothing to do with horror, it's just a straight thriller.But not a bad one I must admit. The killer here is a wolf. And it never becomes cheesy or hilarious because what happened throughout this flick could really happen. Only the girl working together with the police is a bit funny because you could see it coming that she will become the hero. Still, it's watchable and not bad after all but doesn't contain much red stuff although the wolf do attack. If you are looking for an original story then this is your stuff but to say that it is suspenseful that's exaggerated.Gore 0/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 2/5 Story 3/5 Comedy 0/5

I just watched it, and... don't know what I gonna say because its actually not good enough. Song kang ho is the reason why I watch this movie, and as usually Korea always come up with a different idea for their movie such as Howling whatever but still cannot run from their cliché policemen movie like memories of murder, chaser, secret reunion etc. That's make me frustrated.The story is about a man who died cause by a natural combustion, but after further investigation they found out that is the homicide, later then someone killed by wolf and coincidentally related to that burned man and investigation happen. Not like what I expected, their investigation just running happily, I mean no surprise at all. Lot of predictable moment, same kind of policemen from The Chaser and same kind of hero from Secret Reunion, they save our eyes by put one girl on the screen but unfortunately forget to fill in some love interest that make this movie look drain. Just curious why they always give Kangho the same character, he is a good actor but always become a policemen or crooklike man, yelling and kicking. I gave 7 because its a good movie, but maybe I watch too many korean stuff so I get used with their work thats make me demand more. Enjoy this if you like a mystery movie! Worth watching once in a lifetime then forget it.

This is not a horror or a supernatural movie that the title or poster may imply.This movie is actually a cop thriller that many of us like to see with some intense scenes and it stars in my opinion one of Korea's best actors "Song Kang-Ho" (Memories of Murder) who plays the role of the not so straight cop with family issues.Detective Sang-Gil played by Song Kang-Ho is being assigned to solve what appears to be a small suicide case and to train the new unwelcomed lady recruit Eun-Young (Lee Na-Young) to which he refuses. Being bitter because he was passed over for a promotion to another colleague, the detective reluctantly agrees, while his new colleague is being treated differently by her very sexist colleagues.During the course of the movie the new partners discover that a string of murders could be connected and they wonder if the murders are justified and intentional or not, while trying to overcome work and family problems.The lead star gives a good believable performance along with decent performances from supporting actors. The film has a good original story on hand that may have fell a bit short due to a mix of directing, writing and probably length of the movie? Otherwise this is a good movie that could have been a powerful thriller.