Review of Nameless Gangster (2012) by Alan W — 14 Oct 2012

It would seem inescpable that a Korean Gangster film will invoke a sense of Godfather or Scorcese-esque deja-vu - and so it does here: from the nightclub scenes to the inevitable family gatherings; or the slo-mo shots and the background guitar music (at least at the beginning of the film anyway).

Call it homage or a sly nod to its predecessors but it doesnt feel totally deriviative. It has its own original, native elements: baseball bats instead of guns, for example, and other Korean twist or versions of what one would expect from a genre pic like this.

In the end, the performances are engrossing and the execution is extremely competent - though a tad long at 133 mins.