A young woman spends her time supervising local fishermen at a remote fishing ground. Written and directed by Ki-duk Kim, The Isle is an effective tale about an obsessive romance. Hee-Jin (Jung Suh) is an attractive fishing-boat keeper on a lake and she serves the needs of all who come to her waterbound holiday homes, whether for fishing, or more sexual forms of recreation. She sells bait by day and her body by night.

When a young man Hyun-shik (Yoo-suk Kim) comes to stay, Hee-Jin falls for him in a big way. She takes idle revenge on young girls who visit him, ignores others wanting things and tries to make sure that when she dangles her rod in the water, Hyun-shik is going to be hooked.

Exploring the grey area that exists in some forms of love, between pleasure and pain, The Isle is an enjoyable tale that may make you grimace when you see where some of the fish hooks end up but still seems quietly effective and most enjoyable as a kind of genre-defying Korean fishing thriller romance.