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About this movie

Genres:
Crime, Drama, Horror
Language:
English
Running time:
2:22:12
Partner rating:
NO RATING
Released:

Cast & Crew

Cast

  1. Byung-Hun Lee
  2. Min-Sik Choi
  3. Lee Byung-hun Soo-hyun
  4. Choi Min-Sik Kyung-chul
  5. Chun Kook-Haun Captain Jang
  6. Chun Ho-Jin Detective Oh
  7. Oh San-Ha Ju-yeon
  8. Kim Yoon-seo Se-yeon
  9. Choi Moo-seong Tae-ju
  10. Kim In-Seo Se-jung

Directors

  1. Ji-Woon Kim
  2. Kim Jee-Woon

Producers

  1. Kim Hyun Woo
  2. Jo Seong-won

Writers

  1. Hoon-Jung Park

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I Saw the Devil

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Censored upon its original release in Korea due to scenes of extreme violence, director Kim Jee-Woon's uncompromising meditation on the morality of revenge tells the story of a special agent who sets out to give the serial killer who murdered his wife a taste of his own medicine. Lee Byung-hun (The Good, the Bad, and the Weird) and Choi Min-sik (Oldboy) star.

Reviews by Rotten Tomatoes

Scored 'fresh' by Rotten Tomatoes

80%Tomatometer score: 80% positive reviews from professional critics.

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  1. Positive review
    Phelim O'Neill, Guardian [UK] There's no shortage of Korean revenge-thrillers, but this, along with the recent The Man from Nowhere, proves there is plenty of life left in the genre. Full review External link
  2. Positive review
    Neil Alcock, Film4 Violent, visceral and vengeful: a catalogue of torture with frustratingly little else to maintain the interest. Full review External link
  3. Negative review
    Nigel Floyd, Time Out A remorseless catalogue of calculated violence, casual cannibalism and sexual sadism, this inflicts over two hours of suffering on the audience... Full review External link
  4. Positive review
    Philip Wilding, Empire Magazine This gleefully black horror-thriller is a very classy follow-up to The Good, the Bad, the Weird for Kim Jee-Woon. Full review External link
  5. Positive review
    Tom Long, Detroit News This is the stuff of nightmares, where even the good guy is bad, and as shock cinema goes, it packs a punch. Full review External link
  6. Negative review
    Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail After a while, the sheer length and repetitiousness of the film begins to feel pornographic in the dullest sense. Full review External link
  7. Negative review
    Mark Jenkins, Washington Post Director Kim Jee-woon is a born filmmaker, even if this script (written by Park Hoon Jung and adapted by Kim) is unworthy of his efforts. Full review External link
  8. Negative review
    Wesley Morris, Boston Globe As revenge fantasy, "I Saw the Devil'' is clever. As comedy, it's sick. As moviegoing, it's tedious... Full review External link
  9. Positive review
    Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel A thriller that makes you wish you knew how to scream "O.M.G." in Korean. Full review External link

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