I've watched this film twice so far and in my opinion it's one of the best thrillers I've seen to date from Asia, whilst not being as good as the likes of 'Infernal affairs' or 'Chaser' I still rate this highly all the same.The bad guy is very good and totally believable in the role, as are the couple who he decides to prey on and generally make their lives a misery, whilst slowly driving them mad with every psychological/physical turn.There's a consistently good atmosphere in the film which is at times brutal to a pretty high degree.The film is about the right length, overall a very good watch, it probably won't blow you away, but it's much better than most thrillers over the past 5-10 years or so, well worth checking out.

An argument could be made either way for Say Yes and either side would have legitimate points for loving/hating this film. I however, loved it. On the one hand, Say Yes is a overly melodramatic, silly film. On the other hand it's also a ultra violent, blood drenched, tension fest featuring a delightfully twisted villain.The film starts out rather slowly, telling us the story of Jeong-Hyun (Ju-hyuk Kim), a writer who just secured a publisher, and his beautiful wife Yoon-Hee (Sang Mi Chu). To celebrate their anniversary the couple decide to take a trip to Sokcho to see the winter beach. The romantic getaway is rudely interrupted by local psycho "M", a hitchhiker who terrorizes the couple. M (played wonderfully by Joong-Hoon Park) physically and mentally tortures the couple until the couple finally fight back. Which results in the inevitable disturbingly violent conclusion.The story does bare some similar plot points with 1986's The Hitcher but is not a re-make. It's more of a revision of Robert Harmon's classic film and it works well. Frankly, the film is more reminiscent of the old HK thrillers with exploitational violence and disturbing twists and turns. Director Sung-Hong Kim decided to play around with the formula and produced a film which is (all fault's aside) fun, disturbing, and suspenseful at the same time.The couple's performances are adequate, but M is the real reason to watch this film. Joong-Hoon Park is excellent as the calmly evil, psychopathic killer. His antagonist role holds the film together and after the first hour was up I wanted something seriously bad to happen to him. Simply put, M is a cold-hearted bastard and Joong-Hoon did a damn good job playing him. The couple's performances are decent, save a few overly melodramatic romance scenes that are in danger of becoming sappy. But they are played fairly straight out and you care enough about them to root for them.Let's get this straight though. Say Yes is one wild and bloody ride. There are some truly sadistic scenes in this film leading up to a very shocking-and bloody-conclusion. If brutal violence is your thing then check this out. If not, just be warned the last half of the film is extremely violent and disturbing. But this is one of the reason's why I loved it.The film does have some minor faults and one glaring one. First off, the major fault is that the couple truly make some stupid choices. I think most people wouldn't behave like this in similar situations. I had to dispel my sense of belief a few times during the film, thinking to myself, "No one would do that!" Aside from the main issue, my other gripe with Say Yes was that the film builds up to a climax that happens too early. The film's logical conclusion point comes thirty minutes from the end. Although irritating, the ensuing blood-bath that follows helps make up for it.Bottom Line- Overall a satisfying thriller. Good suspense, a great villain, and loads of bloody violence save the film from it's faults.

This Korean 'Hitcher' may lack Rutger Hauer but it still has style and if the, admittedly disturbing, first half strikes one as fairly mild watch out for the bone crunchingly wild last 40 minutes or so, which are so, over the top.If as seems possible, Hong Kong is having to reign in some of it's cinematic excesses under pressure from their new bosses on the mainland, then this little domain seems keen to take over in the torturous, gut wrenching and bloody stakes.Not overly original but tough indeed and some really nasty stuff. So, why not say yes to this little seen film?

This technically well made but highly sadistic thriller is basically an inferior Korean remake of The Hitcher with a bit of Seven thrown in. While the film is different enough from The Hitcher to not qualify as a remake, there's no doubt at all that the filmmakers here saw the 1980's Rutger Hauer film--there are two scenes, one in a restaurant where the psycho tries to taunt the hero into killing him, in The Hitcher with a gun and this film with a knife, and a second where the hero falls asleep in a police station only to wake up and find the cops murdered--that are too similar to be a coincidence. As dark as the American film was The Hitcher was still entertaining because the movie moved quickly and had numerous well-directed action set-pieces. Say Yes, in contrast, is largely lacking in action besides the sadistic torture scenes late in the film.