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The Net (2016)

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 Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The Net is a 2016 film from South Korea directed by Kim Ki-duk.Nam Chul-woo is a humble North Korean fisherman who lives in a village close by the border with South Korea. This becomes a big problem for him one day when his net gets caught in the engine of his little fishing boat, the engine stalls out, and the current winds up taking him across the border. Chul-woo is stuck in some rushes, still trying to start his engine, when he is discovered by South Korean authorities.He is taken to a detention center. There, he makes friends with the guard assigned to him, agent Jin-woo. Unfortunately for Nam he is less lucky with the inspector who interrogates him. The South Korean intelligence officer, who is not named, is absolutely convinced that Chul-woo is a spy. The inspector tortures Chul-woo, who discovers that maybe North and South Korea aren't as different as people are led to believe.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })No connection to Sandra Bullock thriller The Net.
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 Cold-Blooded Torture: In both the South Korean and North Korean detention centers, Chul-woo is beaten in attempts to get him to confess to espionage.
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 Downer Ending: Chul-woo, who's finally made it back to the North, goes out to cast nets again only to be told that he's not allowed on the river anymore. He snaps, screams that the boat is the only way he can provide for his family, and goes out fishing anyway. The North Korean guards shoot and kill him.
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 Double-Meaning Title: "The net" being the fishing net that got tangled up in Chul-woo's motor, and the net of State Sec authoritarianism and paranoia that Chul-woo finds himself tangled up in. Made explicit when Chul-woo says "And now the net is around my neck."
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 Fan Disservice: A lovely young woman clad in nothing but a red negligee—who happens to be a prostitute that has run screaming out of a brothel, chased by two thugs. Chul-woo saves her from a beating.
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