Review of I Saw the Devil (2010) by Melvin W — 20 Aug 2011

Kim Soo-hyeon: I hope you suffer, even after you die.

"Evil lives inside".

I Saw the Devil is a relentless, violent, disturbing, sickening and great film from Jee-woon Kim. If you don't like movies with tons of violence and an extreme amount of gore and sickening images; this isn't for you. If you do, you won't find a revenge thriller much better then I Saw the Devil. The two lead actors, Byung-hun Lee and Min-sik Choi are simply amazing with their respected roles. Lee plays a man who just lost his wife and sets out to get revenge on the murdering psychopath who committed the crime. Choi plays that psychopath. He's a serial killer and like every other serial killer; he enjoys what he does a lot. .

Jee-woon Kim spares no expense in showing the viewer all the bloody violence in it's entirety. The violence is brutal and at times pretty fucking gross. It looks realistic. The movie looks and sounds great. The music score is really good and really set the mood for the entire movie. The film clocks in at around 140 minutes and there wasn't a second in that runtime where I wished it would speed up or end. I was hooked pulled into the story and couldn't look away the entire time. .

I Saw the Devil is easily one of my favorite movies I've seen this year. It's direction and acting is brilliant and leaves nothing to gripe about. I loved this movie in all it's bloody, gory glory.