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IMDb rating 7.8
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Critic rating 8

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Critic Scott Tobias
rated 8

...for stout-hearted genre aficionados—“sickos,” if you will—it’s essential viewing.

Read full review at The A.V. Club
Critic Philip Wilding
rated 8

This gleefully black horror-thriller is a very classy follow-up to The Good, the Bad, the Weird for Kim Jee-Woon.

Read full review at Empire
Critic Phelim O'Neill
rated 8

...doesn't rewrite the book, but it does take the familiar elements and pushes them far beyond extremes to brutal and mesmeric effect.

Read full review at The Guardian
Ismael Almeida
rated 5

Policial despreparado e inconseo filme acabaria rapidinho se não fosse por ele. Muita brutalidade gratuita.

1 year ago

Cast & Crew

Kim Jee-woon
Director
Kim Jee-woon
Writer
Jeon Kuk-hwan
As Squad Chief Jang
Cheon Ho-jin
As Section Chief Oh
Choi Moo-seong
As Tae-joo
Lee Byung-hun
As Kim Soo-hyeon
Um Tae-goo
As Detective

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I Saw the Devil is a South Korean horror-thriller film that tells the story of a secret agent named Kim Soo-hyun who sets out to avenge his fiancée's brutal murder at the hands of a serial killer named Jang Kyung-chul. After identifying Kyung-chul as the killer, Soo-hyun embarks on a Sadistic and dangerous game of cat and mouse, determined to make the killer suffer as much as he has. As the chase unfolds, Soo-hyun finds himself descending into madness and becoming increasingly ruthless in his pursuit of justice. Will he be able to fulfill his promise of revenge without losing himself completely? The film features striking performances from Choi Min-sik and Lee Byung-hun, and its tense atmosphere and graphic violence have made it a controversial but unforgettable addition to the genre.

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