I really don't know how to evaluate this movie. At the beginning, I felt a little boring, I felt that there was no content, then I felt a little nonsense, too nonsense, and then ushered in the climax of the film. Sun Woo pointed a gun at the boss and asked while crying. Why did they get to this point? Do you really want him to die? After 7 years of hard work, how could it be reduced to such a level? But he didn't shoot, and the boss laughed: "What's wrong with you? Become so indecisive? Is it because of her?" He was silent, maybe because of that. As for why the boss wanted to kill him, maybe as said in the film, he insulted the boss, and when the boss said he was wrong, he had to admit it; maybe the boss saw that he was in love with his own woman and hid the truth from himself... No matter what, the reason is in the final analysis, that the boss is small-minded and suspicious, and when he is wary, he just looks unhappy. In fact, it is not a big problem. It's okay, emotional intelligence and intelligence are very important! "This is ridiculous..." Just like Shanyu's final sigh, this simple and direct film makes people feel more like a Hong Kong film than a Korean film. Many times there is no logic, and then at the end, the director tells the truth to everyone. In fact, this nonsense story is actually just a dream, a sweet dream.
Overall, as the highest-grossing Korean movie of 2005, Kim Ji-woon's gangster movie featuring violent aesthetics is well-made, from action design to performance to photography to soundtrack. It's a manly movie, simple and elegant. Zen-like...
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