I Saw the Devil (2010)

Movie Info :

I SAW THE DEVIL is a shockingly violent and stunningly accomplished tale of murder and revenge from Korean genre master KIM Jee-woon (The Good, The Bad, The Weird and A Tale of Two Sisters). Oldboy's CHOI Min-sik plays Kyung-chul, a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. The embodiment of pure evil, he has committed horrifying and senselessly cruel serial murders on defenseless victims, successfully eluding capture by the police. On a freezing, snowy night, his latest victim is the beautiful Ju-yeon, daughter of a retired police chief and pregnant fiancée of elite special agent Soo-hyun (The Good, The Bad, The Weird's LEE Byung-hyun). Obsessed with revenge, Soo-hyun decides to track down the murderer, even if doing so means becoming a monster himself. And when he finds Kyung-chul, turning him in to the authorities is the last thing on his mind. The lines between good and evil fall away in this diabolically twisted game of cat and mouse. Pushing the concept of revenge to its most extreme limits, KIM Jee-woon brilliantly transcends the police procedural and serial killer genres in surprising and thrilling new ways.

Critics Rating and Audience Score :

Tomatometer

80%

Flixter Score

86%

IMDB

7.8

My Review :

A film that was superbly written, acted and produced. The concept itself is where my biggest concern with the movie is - the story of revenge and change into what you're trying to fight has been done to death, and the movie doesn't try to add much. It's a bit too shallow, and a lot of the characters were created just as a plot convenience, but watching it was a hell of a twisted ride anyways.