Premise sounds interesting 
@hexagram23 what other Korean films are there that are like this and Oldboy?
@hexagram23 what other Korean films are there that are like this and Oldboy?
There Will Be A US Remake Of I Saw The Devil...
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Premise sounds interesting
@hexagram23 what other Korean films are there that are like this and Oldboy?
Watch "I Saw The Devil" ASAP. It's incredible.
Park Chan-wook (director of "Oldboy") actually directed a Vengeance Trilogy. It's "Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance", "Oldboy" and "Lady Vengeance". None of the same characters but the same themes, etc.
"I Saw The Devil" isn't the same director (Kim Ji-woon) but it's the same vibe.
There's a Japanese movie called "Confessions" that is the same shyt. Really twisted revenge movie.
Also, watch "Stoker", the first American movie Chan-wook directed. It starts off slow but once it gets going
The cinematography alone is worth your time:
Fred.
F*ck a remake of this classic.. You know they'll water it down, add some CGI, cast the wrong actors, and make the ending sappy as sh*t
Majestyx
Duck Season
First and foremost, fukk you.
To add to what @The Jewnited States said above, he caught him but having him there in his grasp didn't give him a feeling of satisfaction, of accomplishment. So he tries to extend the killer's suffering, to feel more satisfaction, but it doesn't work. Everything goes to hell and he carries out the most brutal revenge he could imagine, but only afterwards realizes the void left by his fiancé's death is still there. It could never be filled by revenge, and so his entire self-destructive descent, and becoming the monster he was hunting, was all for nothing.
Majestyx
Duck Season
i know you didnt direct this towards me, but i'll answer. google vengeance trilogy. also city of violence, company man, the berlin file, the viral factor, the man from nowhere, dog bite dog are a few jawnsPremise sounds interesting
@hexagram23 what other Korean films are there that are like this and Oldboy?
Spaceman Piff
Superstar
you guys should check out "gangster high"
Abstract83
Superstar
Can they please come up with their own ideas? Always tryna americanize shyt. Stop green lighting tyler perry flicks and out dated remakes and get creative.
Busby
Real name no gimmicks..
TheGodling
Los Ingobernables de Sala de Cine
But breh, some people (good or bad) would go to ridiculous lengths for revenge with no fukks given about collateral.
The only thing I thought was wrong with I Saw The Devil was how idiotic the cops were concerning the serial killer but then the movie would have been real short if they were competent.
A helpless police force is a staple of Korean flicks. If you want to see the police at their most incompetent you should watch The Chaser (you should ALL watch that btw). shyt will make you furious how much the main character (a pimp trying to retrieve of his girls who's been kidnapped by a serial killer) gets screwed over because of the cops refusing to see the big picture.
Yeah, I know about all that. I heard it was like that in real life a few years back, I'm not sure if their police force are retarded now.
I saw Chaser too, it's a great flick but it's one of my least viewed favorites (only seen it twice because them cops had me like
so hard. I can't take too much of that) lolThe police were dumb in the movie Chaw as well but that was a comedy horror.
Nothing to do with cops but for brehs looking for more Korean piff I suggest:
The Tower (disaster film about people trapped in a high rise luxury hotel that gets fukked up and ready to collapse) *on Netflix*
The Terror Live (a disgraced news anchor demoted to radio news tries make a comeback when a terrorist calls in and threatens to blow up a bridge)
A Million (8 people enter a deadly contest to win a million dollars)
I liked all of them but A Million might be the weaks of the three.
And just like the remake to Oldboy I won't be checking for this.
CoolazzFemale
All Star
Why can't we leave good shyt alone. Pretty soon we'll be redoing Korean dramas.
