The Good, the Bad, the Weird (Joheunnom nabbeunnom isanghanno) (2008)

7.4	Listal rating
7.5	IMDB rating

Korean (2), Action (2), Comedy (2), Western (2), Foreign (1), Asian (1), 2000s (1), Shootout (1), Treasure Hunt (1), Gunfight (1), 2008 (1), Manhunt (1), Recently Watched (1), South-Korea (1), Drama (1), Best Of 2008 (1), Korea (1)

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An immense success in Asia, this action movie is a Korean western set in the war-torn deserts of 1930s Manchuria where bandits, mercenaries and Japanese soldiers chase around on horses, motorbikes, trains and jeeps while searching for a map locating a valuable secret. The object of the quest isn't revealed until the final minutes.

Directed by

Ji-woon Kim

Starring (View all) :

Kang-ho Song

Yoon Tae-goo / The Weird

Byung-hun Lee

Park Chang-yi / The Bad

Woo-sung Jung

Park Do-won / The Good

Doo-chae

Two swords

Song-i

Bear

Man-gil

Chinese woman

Man-gil

Written by (View all) :

Ji-woon Kim

screenplay

Min-suk Kim

screenplay

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Position : 13 / 19

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Posted : 8 months, 1 week ago at Mar 18 21:46

The movie takes place in the 1930's, and invovles three archetypes of which the Good (Jung Woo-Sung) and the Bad (Lee Byung-hun) spend most of the movie chasing the Weird (Song Kang-ho) and the map to a Qing Dynasty treasure in his possession around Japanese occupied Manchuria. It's a kinetic movie punctuated with moments of stillness that are shattered by violence. Song Kang-ho as Tae-goo (the Weird) is the heart of the movie; he's a man looking to put his past behind him, though robbing trains does seem an odd way to go about it. Jung Woo-Sung as Do-won (the Good) is possibly too stoic as the unflappable bad-ass. The guy's almost a Terminator. Finally, Lee Byung-hun as Chang-yi (the Bad) is just not a nice person, though anyone that likes 30's comedies (something with William Dema...Read more

Rating : 8/10

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