Madeo (2010)

My jaw hit the seat no fewer than 30 times in “Madeo,” a South Korean flick that combines drama, mystery, comedy and a sick incest vibe into a film that would make Hitchcock dizzy. The gist: Hye-Ja Kim plays Mother (the title of the film, naturally) who dotes far too deeply on her mentally challenged son, Yoon Du-joon (Bin Won). The film starts as a comedy, fears into mystery and then dives into a violent thriller that out gores Lynch at his bloodiest. See, Yoon is accused of bashing in the skull of a local school girl, who happens to fuck for even a bowl of rice, and momma knows her boy is innocent. And she will burn earth, heaven and God, even her own soul, to prove it. This is wild, high-wire, no-net filmmaking from Joon-ho Bong (“The Host“), and just got a small release stateside. I loved/hated/feared and pitied Mother, who’s never named, but remains the most fascinating female movie character I’ve seen in many months. A total mind-screw. Do not ever watch with your mother. A