Hello, Crazy Movie Lovers!
The movie I'm going to introduce today is one of my favourite Korean Movies, "I Saw The Devil".
This movie has become one of my favourites not just because the movie is well-made, but my favourite two Korean actors, Choi-Min-Sik and Lee Byung-Hun are acting in this movie! For some of you might be familiar with these names as they acted in some Hollywood movies such as "Lucy"(2014) Luc Besson and "G.I Joe: The Rise of Cobra"(2009) Stephen Sommers. Although the movies weren't quite successful in the U.S market, I'm happy to see some of the Korean actors to be seen in Hollywood movies and hopefully more Korean actors take important roles in Hollywood movies in the future.
I think you heard enough of my personal opinions, so let's get back to "I Saw The Devil".
Please be advised that the movie contains violent scenes, so if you do not wish to be exposed to such contents, please go back to home page and enjoy other non-violent movies listed.
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The official synopsis:
On a dark road, taxi driver Kyung-chul (Min-sik Choi) comes across a scared female motorist stranded in a broken-down vehicle. He pulls over -- but not to help her. When the woman's head is discovered in a local river, her devastated fiancé, Kim Soo-hyeon (Byung-hun Lee), a trained secret agent, becomes obsessed with hunting down her killer. Once he finds Kyung-chul, things get twisted. After brutally beating the murderer, Kim lets him go free, and a demented game of cat and mouse begins.
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At the beginning of the movie, it may look obvious who the devil is. The psychopathic murderer, Kyung-chul (Min-sik Choi). The ways of how he kills his victims shocks viewers and make them doubt that he is a human being like us. I was actually getting sick while I was watching his cruelty and merciless ways of killing the victims. On the other hand, a trained secret agent, Kim Soo-hyeon(Byung-hun Lee) who lost his fiance by Kyung-Chul, has lived a normal life like everyone else. However, his life changes entirely after he loses his fiance.
As the story goes on, people may think that it's a typical movie which a good guy punishes a bad guy, end of story. However, if you watch it more carefully, you will find that the movie is hiding a message about the nature of human. As Kim Soo-hyeon repeatedly chases Kyung-chul and let him go, the ways how Kim Soo-hyeon punishes Kyung-Chul becomes more cruel and cruel until the point viewers get confused who the real evil was.
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Who do you think the evil in this movie? The psychopathic murderer, Kyung-chul(Min-Sik Choi)? or the innocent guy who wants his revenge for her fiance, Kim Soo-hyeon(Byung-hun Lee)?
You may find a devil inside you.
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