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Duelist [DVD] [2007]
 
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  • Actors: Ha Jiwon; Gang Dongwon; Ahn Sungki;Song Youngchang
  • Directors: Lee Myung-Se
  • Format: Anamorphic, PAL
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Contender Entertainment Group
  • DVD Release Date: 2 Jul 2007
  • Run Time: 109 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000O77L92
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 14,068 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Detective Namsoon goes undercover with her partner Detective Ahn to investigate the production of counterfeit money. But when all the prime suspects are killed, the case becomes a much deeper mystery. She discovers one loyal henchman, Sad Eyes, a beautiful swordsman with a pale, blank face. Namsoon and Sad Eyes confront each other in a series of duels tirelessly chasing, being pursued and dodging each other. Inevitably, they fall headlong in love and their forbidden enchantment blossoms. Each struggles to reconcile the desperate conflict between love and obligation to duty, as they square off to meet their fate in one last duel. [With over 2 hours of extras]


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DUELIST is set in Korea during the late Chosun Dynasty. The economy is in a state of chaos as a large amount of counterfeit money has flooded the country. Detective Namsoon is assigned to find the source of the fake money. She goes undercover and finds her investigation complicated by the number of dead bodies stacking up. She finds herself encountering a handsome swordsman called Sad Eyes on numerous occasions during her investigation and engages in a number of duels with him. However, the pair, who operate on separate sides of the law, find themselves falling in love. Director Myung-Se Lee (NOWHERE TO HIDE) has created a visually sumptuous film that is markedly different from most martial arts films. The film takes inspiration from artists such as Matisse and the fight choreography has hints of ballroom dancing and ballet, making for a striking and original movie.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful choreography but no gore. Very vague storyline., 10 April 2008
By Mr. A. Jetti (UK) - See all my reviews
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Get this if you like great photography and music. Weak plot and no real ending. Bought it in a sale at Zavvi for £6. Worth it. Wouldn't spend more.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Lyricism trumps deficencies, 27 Nov 2008
By John Eyon "Little Raven" (Seattle - USA) - See all my reviews
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This Korean film is a strange one to commend. The lead actress -- altho very appealing -- mugs and overacts from start to finish (it seems to have been the director's idea, tho*). The comedy, what there is, is often at the Hong Kong level. The martial arts scenes are the exaggerated type. Yet I found the film totally engrossing.

Visually it was one of the most daring and stunning that I've seen. It's the direction, cinematography and the pacing that made the drama work despite all the questionable elements mentioned earlier. They imbue the story with a lyricism that grows and grows -- just as the romantic tension between the advarsaries -- the policewoman and the mysterious swordsman -- grows.

Korean filmmaker Lee Myung-se falls into the auteur category that includes such individual talents as Hitchcock, Jean-Pierre Melville, Wong Kar Wai and Ozu -- controlling the various facets of production in an effort to bring his vision to the screen. He may be hard on the production's underlings, but the result can often be spectacular. This one is.

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* The actress, Ha Ji Won, gave a much more naturalistic and equally winning performance in the Korean TV miniseries of this story broadcast a couple years earlier (Damo - Series 1 - Episodes 1 - 7 [2003])
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