Over My Dead Body (2012 South Korean film)

Over My Dead Body (Korean: 시체가 돌아왔다; RR: Sichega Dolawattda; lit. "Return of the Corpse") is a 2012 South Korean comic heist film, starring Lee Beom-soo, Ryoo Seung-bum and Kim Ok-bin. The plot centers on a biotech researcher, a woman whose father was murdered, and a man attempting to commit insurance fraud whose lives get tied up in the case of a stolen semiconductor chip and a missing corpse.[2][3] Released on March 29, 2012, the film sold 985,178 tickets in total.[4]

Over My Dead Body
Promotional poster for Over My Dead Body
Hangul시체가 돌아왔다
Hanja屍體가 돌아왔다
Revised RomanizationSichega Dolawattda
McCune–ReischauerSich'eka Tolawatta
Directed byWoo Seon-ho
Produced byLee Choon-yeon
Written byWoo Seon-ho
StarringLee Beom-soo
Ryoo Seung-bum
Kim Ok-bin
Music byYoon Joon-ho
CinematographyJo Sang-yoon
Edited byPark Kyung-sook
Production
company
Cine 2000
Distributed byCJ E&M
Release date
  • 29 March 2012 (2012-03-29)
Running time
110 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
BudgetUS$2.6 million
Box officeUS$6.4 million[1]

Plot

Baek Hyun-chul (Lee Beom-soo) is a biotech scientist researching the cure for skin cancer. Deciding to shut the lab and sell Hyun-chul's work overseas, the head of the pharmaceutical conglomerate, Kim Taek-soo, sends Steve Jung and his gang to force the lab to shut down and take the research. Hyun-chul's colleague Han Jin-soo protests the decision, and is later involved in a hit-and-run accident and falls into a vegetative state.

Taek-soo is also betrayed and murdered by Steve, little knowing the research is on a microchip planted inside his body. Driven by vengeance, Hyun-chul and Jin-soo's pink-haired daughter Dong-hwa (Kim Ok-bin) plot to steal Taek-soo's body to pay for Jin-soo's hospital bills. However the body they escape from the morgue with isn’t Taek-soo's but that of Ahn Jin-oh (Ryoo Seung-bum), a man who faked his death in order to hide from loan sharks. Believing Taek-soo's body has been stolen, Steve and his gang begin a hunt for Hyun-chul and Dong-hwa to recover the precious microchip.[5][6]

Cast

Production

When director Woo Seon-ho was at his maternal grandfather's funeral, he wondered what would happen if his grandfather's dead body suddenly disappeared. This unusual and dark thought inspired his debut feature film, Over My Dead Body. He had previously won the comedy award at the 4th Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival for My Really Big Mike.[11]

Over My Dead Body has elements of social satire and black comedy as well as character comedy. At the core of the comedy is various unexpected situations as different characters come together. There are also chase scenes shot around Banpo Bridge and the surrounding high-rise apartment blocks.[12]

References
  1. "Box office by Country: Over My Dead Body". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
  2. Oh, Mi-jung (22 March 2012). "Preview: If You Want to Laugh, Watch Comeback". enewsWorld. CJE&M. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
  3. Mudge, James (20 August 2012). "Over My Dead Body (2012) Movie Review". Beyond Hollywood. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 2013-03-23.
  4. Paquet, Darcy (30 May 2012). "Box office, April 1–30". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
  5. "Over My Dead Body (2012)". CJ Entertainment. Retrieved 2012-06-28.
  6. "Over My Dead Body (2012)". The Chosun Ilbo. 30 March 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-28.
  7. Oh, Mi-jung (20 March 2012). "Lee Bum Soo To Appear as Top Secret Researcher in Comeback". enewsWorld. CJE&M. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
  8. Oh, Mi-jung (20 March 2012). "Ryu Seung Bum's Dorky Side Shines Through in Comeback". enewsWorld. CJE&M. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
  9. "Ryu Seung-bum returns with a new movie Return of the Corpse". StarN News. 16 March 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
  10. Oh, Mi-jung (31 March 2012). "Kim Ok Bin Didn't Want to be Locked Up Like a Celebrity". enewsWorld. CJE&M. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
  11. "2012. 3.30 NOW Playing". Korea JoongAng Daily. 30 March 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
  12. "Belin Special Edition Vol 12" (PDF). Korean Cinema Today. Korean Film Council. February 2012. p. 25.
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