The central setup in RV: Resurrected Victims is a good one — select members of the dead are sending lookalike emissaries (with pronounced "zombie" affect) back from the grave to murder the ones responsible for their deaths. Afterwards, they self-immolate — a somewhat hellish bit of imagery. So why have these particular victims come back to exact revenge? Unclear. How long has this phenomenon been going on? Not sure. You see, there's a cover-up on that front! Most importantly, did ruthless, young prosecutor Seo Jin-ong (Kim Rae-Won) orchestrate the untimely end of his martyr of a momma (Kim Hae-sook)? Oh boy, that's also kinda hard to say.
In RV, people get pretty close to figuring it all out: special agent Lee (Jeon Hye-jin), a legal colleague (Sung Dong-il), even Seo's heavily medicated sister (Jung Young-man) who does a nice job of peeling an apple. But since these undead vigilantes tend to burst into flames after executing their killers, forthcoming answers are difficult to attain. Strangely, Kwak Kyung-taek's supernatural thriller ends up being very little about any insights we mortals might glean from the Other Side. If anything, the film is a roundabout message movie about the perils of drunk driving and an unconvincing argument about the importance of filial love. When you see your mom across the street, hurry to meet her and don't have liquor on your breath.
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