Main content | Search | Section navigation menu | Site-wide navigation menu

Main menu

 
 
 

Bittersweet Life, A

 

South Korea 2005, 120 minutes
Dir. Ji-woon Kim
In Korean with English subtitles
Rating: [R18]
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Action/Adventure / Gangsters

Topics: Gung-ho.

Feat. Byung-hun Lee

 

Aroview: A suave mob enforcer's mercy for one of his intended victims results in the full wrath of the Korean organised crime world in this slick, ultra violent revenge opera from the talented dir. of THE QUIET FAMILY and A TALE OF TWO SISTERS.

Fielding a proficiency for crisp visuals and ingenious action set-pieces, dir. Kim displays no qualms in settling for style over substance. A back-to-basics revenge picture unburdened with the weightier thematics of Kim's more ambitious contemporary Park Chan-wook (OLD BOY, SYMPATHY FOR MR/LADY VENGEANCE), we're left instead to revel in his knack for bloodlust and thuggish posturing.

NZ International Film Festival 2006

Member Reviews

Average rating 3 stars. (Good Enough) (Good Enough). Showing 1-1 of 1 member reviews.

Have your say  Reviewing Films


 
 

Close Relatives

Bittersweet Life, A cover
Rental
DVD (R4) $6 Rent

Prices in $NZD (incl. GST)

Your basket is empty