A Bittersweet Life (Dalkomhan insaeng) (2005)

7.7	Listal rating
7.7	IMDB rating

Directed by

Jee-woon Kim

Starring (View all)

Jeong-min Hwang

President Baek

Yu-mi Jeong

Ku Jin

Min-gi

Hae-gon Kim

Weapon smuggler

Roe-ha Kim

Mun-suk

Yeong-cheol Kim

Mr. Kang

Byung-hun Lee

Sun-woo

Gi-yeong Lee

Mu-sung

Written by

Jee-woon Kim

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Amazingly violent, brutal revenge flick

2 years, 4 months ago at Jan 11 3:41

PvtCaboose91

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"You can do a hundred things right, but it takes only one mistake to destroy everything."

If Brian De Palma collaborated with somebody like Douglas Sirk to create a Korean action-thriller, the result would probably resemble Ji-woon Kim's A Bittersweet Life; an amazingly violent, brutal revenge flick that simultaneously manages to be a fascinating character study. Much like the pictu... read more

Great mobster flick

6 years, 5 months ago at Dec 4 19:36

dehlz

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When I watched "A Dirty Carnival" (Dalkomhan insaeng) at the Chicago International Film Fesitival, I knew I had to sit down and write a review about it. Let me just say the theater was applauding at the end of this movie more than I had ever experienced in a public theater. I even heard a guy behind me while were leaving the theater say "This was better than Scarface!"

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A hit-man, hired to watch over his boss's mistress, is unable to carry out an execution when he uncovers information concerning the mistress. As a result, he signs his own death warrant.

Release date : 1 April 2005

Korean (8), Crime (6), Action (5), Drama (4), South Korea (4), Korea (3), Mafia (3), 2000s (3), Fighting (2), Blood (2), Favorite (2), 2005 (2), Violence (2), Remarkable (1), Incredible (1), Well-done (1), Rad (1), Fascinating (1), Splendid (1), Prodigious (1)

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