Park Chan-wook's Stoker is a film with a curious DNA. Directed by the man who brought South Korean cinema to the masses with his highly regarded and highly influential 'Vengeance Trilogy', Stoker is his first English language film. The script and story, which owe a heavy debt to Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt, were written by Wentworth Miller. Yes, the Prison Break guy. Starring an exciting young talent (Mia Wasikowska), and one whose star has somewhat faded (Nicole Kidman), and scored by a man who started life in an English alt-rock band; with such varied ingredients, the results were always going to be interesting. And, while it certainly is interesting, it's not entirely successful.
