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Jee-woon KimScreenplay:
Hoon-jung ParkCinematography:
Mo-gae LeeComposer:
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Byeong-heon Lee, Min-shik Choi, Kuk-hwan Jeon, Ho-jin Chun, Yoon-seo Kim, Moo-sung Choi, Si-woon Kim, San-ha Oh, Joon-hyeok Lee, Bo-ra Nam, Young-sun Kim (more)VOD (1)
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Kyung-chul (Choi Min-sik) is a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. He has committed infernal serial murders in diabolic ways that one cannot even begin to imagine and his victims range from young women to even children. The police have been chasing him for a long time, but unable to catch him. One day, Ju-yeon, daughter of a retired police chief, becomes his prey and is found dead in a horrific state. Her fiancé Soo-hyun (Lee Byung-hun), a top-secret agent, decides to track down the murderer himself. He vows to do everything in his power to take bloody vengeance against the killer, even if it means that he must become a monster himself to get the monstrous and inhumane killer. (Umbrella Entertainment)
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I don’t know of a single Korean movie that isn’t interesting in some way, even though I believe that there are such pieces. Anyhow, in comparison to some other Asian countries, I feel like that one is the closest to us, Europeans. I Saw the Devil was filmed by a very interesting director and I was very curious to see how he handles such an interesting premise. In about half of the movie, it completely shifted. At that point I thought that if some plot twist doesn’t come, it could be the end of it. And I was right. One character who was neutral-good up until that point has done such a 180 turn that it left me speechless. At that moment, the movie became a monster hunt. It’s just a shame that it was too long and stretched out too thin. In any case, the ending in itself was definitely worth it and it changed my original three-star rating to a solid four-star one. I watched this for the Challenge Tour 2015.
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Too lengthy, too inconsistent. Ji-un Kim knows how to make a film, I won’t argue against that, but I don’t know whether I was supposed to get something out of this one, or only be entertained (or something else), it didn’t succeed at either anyway. I just watched it without much interest and forgot about it. There are a couple of suggestive scenes, the violence is unpleasant, but as a whole it’s from a different realm than I like visiting.
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Ha, I don't even know why I've put off this pinnacle of Asian cinema for so long. The great director, the amazing leading duo, the perfect cinematography, the excellent technical aspect, the decent idea, the solid pace and, most of all, the awesome and uncompromising gore effects brought me a unique cinematic experience and one of the best serial killer movies that I will remember with pleasure for a very long time. 100%
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I'm all cool with blood and guts on screen; severed body parts and organs don't make me nauseous, and bleeding only annoys me if it is my own and it doesn't seem to be stopping. Despite being okay with all that, this movie didn't sit right with me. I guess I'm just not a fan of watching some mentally messed-up sadist getting off on torturing women. Funny thing, torturing guys doesn't bother me the same way; seems more fair for some reason. While a good chunk of the violence turned my stomach, I was into the other part. I got the main message of the movie and agreed with it, but I couldn't help rooting for the main avenger. Feels like there's a surge in psychologists worldwide, but the number of executioners is going down. Anyway, I didn't get bored for a second despite the somewhat excessive length. Props to the South Korean creators for pulling off a solid effort. / Lesson learned: If you embark on a journey of revenge, always keep wet wipes handy.
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An uncomfortably naturalistic spectacle that incorporates the old familiar concept of "righteous vengeance" as well as serial murder. With the exception of the first half hour, this is indeed a strong revenge movie, in which the psychology of the two main characters is pretty sparse (we learn absolutely nothing about the killer's past), which on the other hand gives more room for gore and action scenes. At its core, it's a very superficial and overexposed contribution to the serial killer genre, but it can't be denied a few strong scenes and formally a completely professional execution.
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