Laikals
The greatest movie ever made..!
SeeQuant
Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction
Mehdi Hoffman
There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.
Michael Speiser
If you're watching this movie, chances are you're looking for something different than the usual Western drama/thriller flick. The good news is that you've certifiably found something different. The bad news is that not everyone is going to like this movie. Most reviews of "I Saw the Devil" talk about its ultraviolence, and I'll talk about it for a bit too, because it's important to this movie. As much as people like to complain about the violence or gore that this movie shows, they prove the reasoning behind it. This movie has borderline absurd scenes that make you more uncomfortable than you thought was possible from watching a movie, and that's the best thing about it. "I saw the Devil" will give you an experience you just can't get from any Western thriller movie, which is why I love it.This is certainly not a date movie, not a movie to watch with your parents, maybe not even anyone you aren't totally comfortable with. There's a lot of really, really strange and uncomfortable things that happen. And that's why some people just won't like this movie. Which is fine, some people don't like the feeling of a strong thriller movie. But if you're a thriller fan, and are looking for a wild ride of a movie, this is it.
CousinBagunca
What a ride! And I enjoyed most of it for sure!This movie is tough to watch. Not because it is a bad movie, but because it is way too graphical. I'm not talking about most of the beating, gore, torture and whatsoever, because that I can endure, but to watch that one perverted Kyung-chul living and doing what he does was sickening to me (props to actor Min-sik Choi for his performance). And that's the whole plot! That's why the movie focus so much on Kyung-chul! Because it tries to make the audience to feel like Soo-hyeon; to want revenge too. Some acts are way over the top and I kinda disliked it. You see someone take a huge beating, I mean, HUGE, and the other day he's walking around like he just fell out of the stairs. I'm not sure about that.Overall, a fine movie about revenge, but might be way too much to watch for a day.
Raymond Sternadel
It wasn't anything special but it had it's moments. Definitely a good quality movie and worth a watch if you're into crime dramas. Would I watch it again? Maybe. I liked a few parts of the movie more than others and they'd probably be worth another watch through at some point in the future.
marklechmancem
"I Saw The Devil" was a return to the Asian revenge niche for me after being disappointed by my last few incursions into the genre. To be honest I was thrilled the first times I saw classics like Ichi, Oldboy and Sympathy for Mr Vengeance but got bored after seeing too much of the same stuff all the time.This feature by Jee-woon Kim inserts itself into the heritage of previous films of the Revenge niche all the while making a place of its own with a different take on the whole classic dynamic of guy gets wronged, guy vows to avenge lost one, guy finds villain henchmen and beats them up one by one until he gets bloody fight with big bad guy in the end.Without spoiling anyone let's just say the sadistic psychopath in this movie really did mess with the wrong guy when he chose
young Kim Soo-hyeon's girlfriend to quench his violent fantasies.I gotta admit the whole premise felt a little dreamy faky but things pick up after half an hour. Be advised that this movies isn't for the faint of heart as it contains scenes of violence and several rape segments.It's obvious Jee-woon Kim is a true fan of Takashi Miike cinema and in some manner, the student really does outdo the master at the end of this 140 minutes viciously joyful revenge flick.Give it a try!
