Review of New World (2013) by Mark M — 02 Dec 2014

Korean "wants to be" version of The Godfather.

This review of New World (2013) was written by Mark M on 02 Dec 2014.

New World has generally received positive reviews.

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By Katherine Monk (493) for Canada.com (402) on 28 Mar 2013

Living up to the core of the noir tradition, New World takes a long view of the human species and dissects us with the cold, surgical blade…

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By Ws W (1,791) on 16 Apr 2015

Best movie ever if you understand deep friendship like they had.Which I am sure most did not…

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By Jennie Kermode (588) for Eye for Film (1,537) on 11 Jan 2018

Ultimately ... it's Jung-jae Lee's portrait of a man gradually being reshaped by his environment that makes this compelling…

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By Tal G (90) on 05 Feb 2018

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By Derrick D (152) on 06 Jul 2013

Most of my favorite movies are Korean and here is another one to see…

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By Mark S (2,772) on 20 Jul 2014

Marana Mass, Hope someone Remakes it in Tamil therikka Vidum…

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By Veronica S (151) on 02 Jan 2017

Finding good neo-noir films nowadays is hard, but this is one to watch. With Korea's top-actors, the twist at the end is unexpected…

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By Jacob F (737) on 09 Nov 2013

The movie pitch of The Godfather meets Infernal Affairs sounds interesting but this literally just takes large parts (even entire scenes) of…

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By Marvin L (15) on 08 Sep 2013

Unexpected endings are nice. Plot was stable throughout the movie. Acting was somewhat over the top even for veteran Korean actors…

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By Yun K (21) on 13 May 2014

This was one of the better korean movies that I have seen in my time…

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