Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Lee Byung-Hun | ... | Kim Soo-hyeon | |
Choi Min-sik | ... | Jang Kyung-chul | |
Jeon Gook-Hwan | ... | Squad Chief Jang | |
Ho-jin Chun | ... | Section Chief Oh | |
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San-ha Oh | ... | Joo-yeon |
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Yoon-seo Kim | ... | Se-yeon |
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Moo-Seong Choi | ... | Tae-joo |
In-seo Kim | ... | Se-jung | |
Kim Kap-su | ... | Planning team deputy head | |
Joon-hyuk Lee | ... | Agent (as Lee Joon-Hyeok) | |
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Deok-jae Jo | ... | Detective Kang |
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Cheol-woo Han | ... | Detective Park |
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Myeong-Yeon Jo | ... | Detective Jo |
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Tae-goo Eom | ... | Detective Eom |
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Se-joo Han | ... | Woman on bus |
SPOILER: Jang Kyung-chul (Choi Min-sik) is a dangerous psychopath serial killer. He has committed infernal serial murders in diabolic ways that one cannot even imagine and his victims range from young women to even children. The police have chased him for a long time, but were unable to catch him. One day, Joo-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 promises himself that he will 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 this monstrous and inhumane killer. Written by jck movies
This movie is one more proof of the power of Korean cinema. It is violent, but also has twists and nice ending, and is fun and memorable and original. It also shows the price of revenge, but also various kinds of depravity. It is well worth a watch, if taken with a grain of salt and if you don't mind a bit of a human pulp here and there served on screen for good measure of East Asian culture.