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14 out of 19 found this helpful. The basic plot in one sentence is pretty much an assassination of a professor gone wrong. The writer/director blows away any sense of the "norm" along with even with multiple viewing continues to keep you wondering whats going to happen next. Use the HTML below. Was this review helpful? He borrowed money to pay for a visa for his wife to go from China to Korea to look for work, but he hasn't heard from her again. When the attempt to kill a professor goes wrong, a series of violent events are triggered which force a taxi driver to run for his life. (By the way, don't they have guns in Asia?) He splits his time by doing recon on his target and by looking for his wife who has gone missing. another near perfect thriller out of south Korea. i don't know what and how most movie festivals giving out award, but all movies directed by this director and screenplays written by this specific several movies directed by this specific director, the screenplay writer(s), both should have received the highest honors of awards.

But despite Gu-Nams hopelessness you still root for him to survive and win despite the odds stacked against him. Essentially, Na has gone out of his way to produce as brutal and harsh a film as he could and, in the process, sacrificed a great deal of potential enjoyment. The film is divided into four parts. 1 out of 1 found this helpful. In fact, if you love thrillers...this is for you. Things go wrong for a high ranking mobster when he doesn't proceed by his boss's orders. And don't forget that wicked streak of blacker-than-black comedy. Its depth is only 44 m (144 ft) on average, with a … Sadly however, this also robbed them, for me at least, of much of the charm I normally find in well-choreographed fight scenes. He plays mah-jong to make some extra cash, but this only makes hif life worse; but then he meets a hit-man who proposes to turn his life around by repaying his debt and reuniting with his wife, just for one hit (Plot). Soon after a stranger arrives in a little village, a mysterious sickness starts spreading. All the actors were excellent. The villain, is probably one of the worst villains ever, is also very funny. After trying to cover up a car accident that left a man dead, a crooked homicide detective is stalked by a mysterious man claiming to have witnessed the event. Inspite of its long running time the movie tightly grips us during most of its running time. wife who left to work but disappeared. There twists are so good and fitting for this thriller. Soon, he finds himself running for his life from police and the mob, resulting in a lot of violent fights and intense car chases.Rated R for brutal bloody violence, some strong sexuality, nudity, and language Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist.Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. His suspicion of her betrayal makes his tension rise, before something unexpected happens that night on which he is prepared to kill the professor. based upon my forty years movie viewing experience, i've never seen anything like these kind of well written, well directed and well performed korean movies. Created by John Linson, Taylor Sheridan. korean movie thrillers are just so uniquely different from other countries, in my opinion, they are definitely on a higher level, higher than where the Hollywood, bollywood, Japanese, Chinese stand. 5 out of 10 found this helpful. It's time to fete our Director Na Hong-jin for making a masterpiece like this. He played his character so well, I didn't even recognize him. His second film after a bang like The Chaser. In the meanwhile, he also searches for his wife who had come here but had not responded since 6 months. Prob hands down one of the best movies i've ever seen.