Jojakdoen dosi

Once again Korean Cinema offers you ( at least ) three film genres in one film. Lets see - Cyber Thriller, Tough Prison, Buddy Movie, Action-Comedy ..make it four! The tone of the movie is consequently uneven as it goes for laughs in places then pours on some brutal scenes. It could have used a bit of a trim in the edit suite as two hours is just too long to maintain tension. On the plus side there are some nice cyber visuals and a very pantomime villain. If you want to stick the noodle in neutral it wont make any difference as the plot is just a thin excuse for the action sequences. Oh and theres some McGyver type scenes too - there's another Genre!

I recommend only watching this movie if you can find it on DVD, or if it's available on a streaming service somewhere.

I watched this online and the English subtitles were very poor, a lot of grammatical / spelling errors that didn't even make sense half the time and a lot of the scenes didn't even have subtitles at all which was very disappointing.

Still really enjoyed the movie regardless.

Fantastic movie! Didn't know what to expect but it had a great story, good pacing and spot-on acting by Ji Chang Wook and the rest of the cast. The movie definitely has its serious moments which I personally think was necessary to invest the audience with the sense of justice that Kwon Yoo, the protagonist, feels is due to him. Great edge of your seat action, right amount of suspense to make you wonder about what will happen next, at times laugh-out-loud wit and comic sense, and great acting by the cast. And of course, all of this brought on by great execution by director Park Kwang Hyun.

Movies like this make me think positively about the future of Korean cinema because outside the smoke and mirrors of domestic and international awards, what Korean cinema lacks is tight execution and good old storytelling of otherwise creative concepts. Sometimes I feel Korean movies focus too much on sensationalism (be it gruesomeness or eroticism bordering on pornography), technical camera work and production value rather than storytelling, character development and execution. It's nice to see a movie that is well- made and reminds us of the fun of going to the movies. Nicely done.

This movie is fantastic. had no idea what it was about but i let it unravel itself. The acting is great and kept me fascinated by wanting more. Each actor played a strong character and the story line worked well. Sad at some points. Im not sure why there are some really low ratings, maybe because they didnt like reading subtitles.. but i thoroughly enjoyed this movie and hope to see more of this type. I registered on here just so i could review this.

Who didn't see this movie yet, congrats, they can enjoy the first watch. The movie is breathtaking, after the second minute it is very interesting and it is difficult to pause or stop watching. Actors play very well. For this kind of movie I don't think, that better performance is necessary. I set 10, because of the emotions which I got during the watch and for intensive course of events.