the director of a tale of two sisters, returns with a revenge epic, and Min-sik Choi from old-boy stars ,alongside the guy who played storm shadow in gi joe, in case you are wondering when he pulls out some of the dope moves in this film. received a foreign release in 2010, but i saw it this year, so i would count it thus far as the best film this year, though - it hasn't gotten it's fair share of competition yet.
a good cop goes, bad and you will be surprised at how far he goes to get revenge when his pregnant girl friend falls victim to a serial killer.
going into this film there was a lot of hype about about how extreme this was supposed to be and asian cinema has set the bar pretty high for it's self with stuff like visitor q .
the violence is graphic , to non-horror standards when called for but , much more restrained than you might think, the film is pretty tasteful all the way around considering the subject matter and the antagonists fetish for rape,
the main crux of the movie is the toll it takes on the cop's descent to make this serial killer pay, my only complaint is Min-sik Choi's character could have stood to have been a little more of a bad ass, i thought he tends to give up quick at times when the fight is brought to him, maybe there is an irony in this i was supposed to wink at but i wanted him to be more ford tough like hannibal lecter
oh well,
like charlie sheen says about partying ..whats not to love could be said about this film, tough guy quirks aside, very well paced and acted. if you love gritty and in your face this movie is for you very meat and potatoes, no cerebral lets looks at your daddy issues and see what makes this nut job tick , in either case, its more like a collision course, normally i prefer a sexual element to my torture movies, guy on guy doesn't do it for me , but it was so spy vs spy, it worked
it took me along time to find the subtitled version online but most streaming site should have it , i think i posted a link on my facebook, yes lecture me about supporting horror cinema at the box office and i will say- it never came to my city atlanta with this supposedly great horror scene this movie did not play at the plaza or midtown art- so there i'm sure if it had zombies it would have
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