‘Decision to Leave’ Review: More Than a Hitchcock Homage

Tang Wei plays a femme fatale in Park Chan-wook’s ‘Decision to Leave’, MUBI

Knowledge of Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo (1958) isn’t required to appreciate Park Chan-wook’s new movie Decision to Leave, but those who watch it will have a more enriching experience. In typical noir fashion, the plot follows Hae-joon (Park Hae-il), a married detective investigating the death of a seasoned mountain climber who mysteriously slips off the edge of a cliff. Or was he pushed? All…