I had originally intended to write a review for this movie in full, but it is just too disturbing and I highly suggest you do not watch it.
There is a reason it is banned in Korea and likely elsewhere in the world. The director seems to be a bit of a lunatic and I can't say exactly what he was going for with this one except to make all of the viewers feel ill. The first lead actress quit the film shorty into filming.
I have a pretty strong stomach for these sorts of things and I couldn't finish watching it. I also have neighbors and I was starting to get concerned about the gruesome sounds coming from my living room. Thailand is a conservative country and I am probably breaking some sort of decency law by even watching it in the privacy of my own home.
Basically, the plot is that the father (and that is the only name he is given in the movie) has a psychopath for a wife and she, in her psychosis, decides to castrate their son for some reason.
she is terrifying, and I would like to see her in something a bit less disturbing
He then goes from being a great student to ending up in jail because of circumstances I don't wish to describe. The rest of the film is focused on fixing the situation and a lot of really gross and disturbing things happen in-between.
The only reason I am even talking about this movie is because it is my week of disturbing Korean films and well, this one went too far.
However, i will include the trailer so you can decide for yourself
There are several publications that gave this 4 stars - they weren't exactly mainstream. I would say the only redeeming quality of this movie is that the entire film's story-line is conveyed to you without a single word of spoken dialogue and very little music. This was troubling to me at first because normally i will scan through a movie to make certain that the subtitles match up properly before starting it and I was getting a bit frustrated.
Despite it's artistic achievement in the realm or not using any words I gotta say there are some lines I don't wish to cross when watching a movie.
Director Kim Ki-duk crossed pretty much all of them in Moebius - therefore i pass judgement and award 3 / 10.
Watch at your own peril: Don't say I didn't warn you.