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Sometimes you have to step out of your comfort zone. Granted, this is not far from my very own. Korean films that do horror and social commentary with a healthy (or unhealthy) dose of rather dark humour are really amazing. However, we’re going to add non-linear storytelling that most audiences should be familiar with and some existentialism to the mix. That last one might be an acquired taste.

New Normal (2023) is written and directed by Jung Bum-shik. A serial killer is loose, attacking single women. A slacker youngster does volunteer work for the first time with a disabled senior. A woman uses an online dating app to find her match is already on another date. A man follows a set of random clues that leads him to love. A lovesick pervert obsesses on his attractive neighbor and breaks into her apartment hoping to confess his undying love. Everything I’ve told you is true but includes a lie.

What we’re getting is a vignette of stories of that intersect each other in complete coincidence, but not in chronological order. A myriad of assholes, losers, loners, dummies, perverts, cynics and perhaps one or two murderers are in the cast. As the bodies hit the floor, we’ll soon learn death can come for anybody. Keep an eye out to see if anybody survives or if anybody actually dies out of order. In the end, we’re left with a people from different walks of life who are not satisfied with their social standing. Some you feel sorry for, some you can’t wait to see bite the bullet. All of them told with a sly side eye comedic timing.

Recommended for audiences with an open mind with slight reservations. I didn’t expect karmic justice, but with some of the stories being left open ended, I expected an attempt to wrap up loose ends for the finale. Still very much worth at least a single watch.

That will do for now.