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I Saw the Devil [DVD] [2011] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

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  • Language: Korean
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish
  • Dubbed: English
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Studio: Magnolia Home Entertainment
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (100 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B004P2VQZ2
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 156,181 in DVD & Blu-ray (See Top 100 in DVD & Blu-ray)

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Format: DVD
The soundtrack starts out like this is a cheap Italian movie. It gets better.

The movie starts out with a woman stranded on a highway in the snow. She has a wrecker coming and is talking on her cell to her husband, a secret agent who watches Liam Neeson films. He is also conducting business. At one point he excuses himself to go to the restroom so he can sing to her on the phone. The next thing you know she is bludgeoned and dragged to a location where she is stripped and chained. The man doesn't torture her, just simply kills her. We find out that not only is he a psycho, but generally socially dysfunctional.

Her husband takes a leave from work and goes and plays "Dirty Harry" on every Korean pervert until he finds the killer in the act of raping a girl. Apparently the killer disrobes, rapes and then murders his victims, although he kills men too. He stops the rape and beats up the killer, but lets him go. The killer now has a bug and tracking device on him. Our Korean Dirty Harry is able to follow him around. When the killer/rapist is in the middle of an act, our Korean Dirty Harry shows up, beats the guys up and cuts on him. He is now wearing a soccer jersey so he can claim he got his wounds playing soccer in order to get medical attention, perhaps intended as a joke.

Nudity and rape, although the rape scenes are far less graphic than our 70's films. The translation was rather smooth and kudos for some originality.
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The story is this. Dae-hoon (played superbly by Byung-hun Lee) is a secret agent whose fiance is brutally murdered and he sets out to find the killer himself. He does so fairly easily. Only instead of killing him, he beats him half to death before making the semi concious killer swallow a tracking device. He then stalks him and exacts his revenge slowly and increasingly more violently. This is about as far from a hollywood slasherfest as you can get. There are no bikini clad girls running about doing stupid things waiting to be killed. This has the type of brutal realism that will make you feel uncomfortable, the type you would expect from a Korean revenge thriller.

What starts out as two totally opposite characters soon blurs the line somewhat as Dae-hoon's actions often lead others into harm as a result of his quest for revenge. His mind has clearly gone a bit due to the pain he is going through and in some scenes you can see how emotionally broke down he has become..However theres no mistaking who the devil is. Min-sik Choi (the lead and star of OldBoy) was brilliant in OldBoy but here he's even better. I dont know if there has ever been a more convincing portrayal of a truly evil, twisted, disgusting, psychopathic rapist killer. Often his facial expressions say more than words ever could. You will probably enjoy every moment of his suffering at the hands of Dae-hoon... The Vengeance Trilogy is tame in comparison.

The acting in particular of the two leads is astounding. The story is great with a few excellent plot twists just when you think one of the characters has the upper hand. There are some amazing scenes, one of the best is a double death that I wont spoil but you will know it when you see it. It's brilliantly done. There are plenty of other stand out moments.
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I’ll admit it that it took me a little while to fully ‘get’ ‘I Saw the Devil.’ Perhaps I’ve been watching too many ‘classic Hollywood’ films lately and forgot that other countries do things differently.

It’s no easy ride and you’re going to need a strong stomach to watch it all the way through. A serial killer, already wanted by the South Korean authorities, abducts and murders a young pregnant woman. However, this time he’s gone one step too far, as the woman in question is related to South Korea’s top secret agent. Okay, it was about here when I wondered how much I was going to enjoy this film. But, I overlooked the sheer convenience of this plot point and simply went with it.

It doesn’t take long before our South Korean James Bond has located his man, but he doesn’t just kill him – too easy. He decides it would be much more fun to generally torment and torture him in a series of dangerous ‘cat and mouse’ games.

Again, I did wonder why the secret agent didn’t just kill the killer. Of course this would shave about 80% of the film’s runtime off its total length! But, again, I overlooked that and went with it. And, I’m glad I did. Yes, it is a horrible film and full of very nasty moments, but it is certainly atmospheric and the serial killer is certainly someone you’ll be dying to get his comeuppance. There’s even a few moments of social commentary thrown in there to show that it’s not just a mindless revenge flick.

Naturally, it has subtitles, so you’ll have to be okay with that if you’re going to watch it. But, if you’re in the mood for something dark, sadistic and violent, stick with it. It’s a bit longer than most similar films, but you may just find it’s worth it.
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A vicious, serial rape~murderer kills a woman and is hunted down by her fiance. The fiance is cross and he proves this by hurting the bad man again and again...
Really enjoyed this, it had a bloody great mean~streak a mile wide.
In essence the story is pretty much the same as Mr Mean by Roger Hargreaves, but with a bit more graphic torture. The leads play their roles very well, with the avenger playing it as cold as ice and the killer all fiery and emotive. Thought it might drag on at 2hrs20mins but thankfully it was well paced and gave the audience something new, just when things were starting to get samey.
Although the subject matter is relentlessly grim and this is not without its fair share of shocking brutality and gore, I wouldn't be put off by that, as the film is still quite thoughtful and at times quite amusing.
Definitely recommended, especially to fans of oriental horror thrillers or world cinema.
The blurb on the box likens this to 'Seven', but in my opinion, it's a mile better than that!
The print looks nice enough as you would expect from a new film but the extras are fairly dull. Interviews, making of, trailers.
The uncut Reg 1 ~ international edit ~ has some cannibal references and a couple of slightly more gory, lingering shots, but misses other footage, which is included in the uncut Reg 2 ~ Korean edit.. If you really need to check these before purchasing your preferred version the cuts are detailed on several websites.
4.5/5 rounded up.
"And do you know what he gave his brother last Christmas?"
"Two pieces of coal!"
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