When I saw the preview for Wall to Wall, I was excited.. mainly because Kang Ha-neul was starring in it, and the trailer gave off the same vibe as one of his other mystery thrillers, Forgotten, which he did phenomenal job in. So I assumed this would have the same kind of impact. But I was wrong. The only thing good about this movie was the acting. The cast did a GREAT job. Their performances made the situations feel so real that if someone told me this was based on a true story, I would’ve believed them. I had to pause so much throughout the movie because I hate injustice and the amount of injustices the main character had just hurt my heart… Like I said, the acting was the only strong point.
The movie felt like it was trying to juggle two stories at once, but they didn’t flow into each other smoothly. At one point, it seemed like the movie was making a statement about the working class and how we put ourselves into debt just to keep up appearances, aimlessly following the routines of society. And even after doing all that, it’s still not enough, there’s always some loophole or natural setback that pulls you back down. That theme was compelling… until the film suddenly shifted to this whole mystery about the source of the noise, which turns out to be just some random guy in his bedroom. Idk, I felt like the writer was trying to deliver a message, but it all got thrown out the window once the culprit was revealed to be a senseless journalist.
Honestly, the movie could’ve hit harder if the noises were coming from the landlord and they were the ones doing the killings to make more money. That would’ve tied everything together and not only make the movie flow better, but it would’ve also made the movie have a strong lesson. Cause for a moment, it actually felt like I was getting a deeper message about society, but it all got invalidated by that ending.
