Review of I Saw the Devil (2010) by Brandon Z — 17 Oct 2011

An arrestingly beautiful revenge film that rises above its narrow moralistic trappings. I had no idea they made movies like this in South Korea. The cinematography is beautiful, the action is sharply edited--you could see Kim Jee-woon directing a James Bond film (and it'd probably be the best one).

It's very violent, but the violence is brief and sharp--think of it as punctuation to set the tone of character and scene. Most interesting is the moral cesspool our hero slowly spirals into. It's nothing less than a deconstruction of the revenge genre.

Do yourself a favor and see this film.