This violent and crude Korean action film has an interesting premise. The hero (Sol Kyung-Gu)is a dirty cop who looks ragged, swears a lot and acts like a total loser. The villain/psycho (Lee Sung-Jae) is a wealthy professional who looks great and everyone admires. This is an interesting dynamic as we kind of grow to love the loser cop who actually has a good heart. On the other hand, we gradually realize how demented the good looking psycho is internally despite a pleasant exterior.
This film directed by Kang Woo-Suk centers on the hero investigating and chasing down the serial killing psycho with much hardship and challenge as everyone thinks that the cop is off the deep end. The film could of been better if taken a little bit more seriously and had less bathroom humour. Overall, it is an okay film with a strong performance from Sol Kyung-Gu as Detective Kang. Sol is becoming one of my favorite Korean stars after this and "Peppermint Candy". Definitely worth a look if you are into the Asian action genre. Visually and technically, the film looks fine but nothing stands out. Sol is pretty cool though.
Rated R for sexual content, strong violence and language
Aspect Ratio: 2.35
Korean
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