oldboy director park chun wook return with what must be one of the yuckiest and at the same time most serious vampire flick in movie history . trust the late hollywood fad and vampires these day be suppose to be rather nonviolent and asexual and love lorn chevalier instead of the evil rampantly sexual blood suck mind manipulate man beast of yore . this be the film you want to see if you want to remember the sticky thrill of the past . well and at least in the second half . thirst start out with a lengthy character exposition culminate in a slightly different love story . the vampire transformation of a priest be and over quite some time and sideline by the romantic and sexual aspect of the story and which make for some awkward viewing . but the last 40 minute or so be surprisingly gory . well and maybe not so surprisingly if you know oldboy and i be a cyborg but that ok and but i guess it fair to say that thirst beat park early film in term of in your face violence . all in all and be warn that this be neither art cinema nor a horror flick . it may be too disgust for many and too tame for some . thirst be original and entertaining and fortunately a little less weird than park chun wook earlier endeavor .