Kim Soo-jae was an agent of the National Intelligence Agency of South Korea. During a mission, because he was not with his wife, his wife was killed by a perverted murderer. So he took 2 weeks off and decided to punish the murderer himself. Through the relationship, he quickly found the murderer, followed it, and caught him when he wanted to kill a female high school student again. But Xiuzhi didn't plan to give him to the police, he wanted to punish the murderer in his own way. Every time the murderer intends to commit murder, Xiuzhi will appear at the right time, beat him up, or use cruel methods to injure him; after that, he will be given simple treatment, and he will be released, and even given to him. Some money as travel expenses. This method is quite like a cat who is not too hungry and always plays with the prey after catching the mouse, and does not eat the prey until it is dying. But the murderer didn't want to be caught, but he was happy to play this cat-and-mouse game with Xiuzhi. He got rid of Xiuzhi's stalking, found his father-in-law and his wife and sister, mutilated them with the same cruel method, and prepared to surrender in front of everyone in order to save his life. A deranged Xiuzhi hijacks it on the street and builds a device in which the vicious murderer has his head chopped off in front of his parents and son.
What this film presents to the audience is the outbreak of evil in the heart in the process of revenge, and finally the victim becomes no different from the perverted murderer. In fact, there is a demon in each of us, and it depends on how to mobilize it. When bullied by the outside world and there is no good solution, this demon will move around, occupying our thoughts and directing our actions. Revenge, revenge in cruel ways is the direct result of this demon.
The storyline of this film is well-organized, there are no more scenes, and it is even a bit too cruel in performance, and violence and bloody fill the screen from time to time. Choi Min-sik's interpretation of the perverted murderer is quite meticulous; Lee Byung-hun's interpretation of Kim Soo-zhi has a grim expression in almost the whole play, but it explodes at the end of the whole play. It is worth watching both from the perspective of human nature and from the film itself.
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