Harockerce What a beautiful movie!

TrueJoshNight Truly Dreadful Film

ChicDragon It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

Frances Chung Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

progenicswoolf 10 points for this movie the story of this movie was incredible comparing it with John Wick the truth surprised me a lot.

instantlove It's been years since my initial watching and I can still say that every viewing feels like the first, and that's primarily due to the fact that; the characters are perfectly written, the action sequences are amazing executed, and the cinematography is immaculately directed. It's honestly the biggest shame that Won Bin is inactive as an actor, considering the fact that his performance in this film rivals some of his highly praised, acting-focused, celebrity peers. (Such as Lee Byunghun, particularly his performance in another excellent revenge-film called I Saw the Devil).

nerdomatic10-937-667230 I stumbled onto this film because of insomnia. AMC used it as filler about 3:30AM on a weeknight and I was mightily impressed. Extremely high-quality movie all the way around and it takes its time building up a big head of steam, then it delivers a deeply satisfying and emotionally moving payoff. The only problem it has, and several reviewers commented on this, is the complexity of the plot and all the different characters intertwining and converging. This is really only an issue because of the language barrier, and it is difficult to read the subtitles and also keep track of the many characters and plot points at the same time. So I bought my own DVD. It was cheap and I was able to easily untangle the whole story. The DVD also has a dubbed-in English version if anyone is so inclined. Believe me, the entire script is quite intelligent and very logical and it all fits together seamlessly once you catch on. (***SPOILER ALERT!!!***) For example, some reviewers couldn't figure out how So-mi was spared near the end. Ramrowan had a private sense of warrior's honor (or the Samurai code or whatever you want to call it) in him the whole time and he adored So-mi despite himself. So he ended up killing the surgeon at the very last instant and cutting his eyes out, instead of letting the surgeon cut So-mi's eyes out. He also could've easily shot Cha Tae-shik during the climactic battle scene, but he believed it would've been a great dishonor if he and Cha Tae-shik didn't settle matters man-to-man.Anyway, this is one of the very finest one-man-army revenge films that you'll find anywhere. I put it right up there with Denzel Washington's "Man on Fire", it's that good.

magilroy The Man From Nowhere, directed by Lee Jung-beom, completely blew my expectations away. Going into the movie, I was a little biased as an American that held a false global perspective. I imagined that since this movie was produced in Korea, that it would not be as professional nor good as an American movie. I also thought the language barrier would make the movie even more unappealing. I was completely wrong. This movie is one of the best movies I have ever watched. The language barrier was nonexistent for it was fixed with subtitles and the annoyance was never apparent because the movie was too good. The director portrayed the main character as a quite, mysterious person who owns a pawn shop, and Lee later develops the character's backstory throughout the movie as people investigate him. The ties between family and the pawn shop owner's past are discovered and bring emotion into the film. After his neighbor and her daughter, who he has formed a connection with, are taken by drug lords, he attempts to save them. While dodging the DEA after being set up by the captor of his neighbors to fighting multiple villains, we watch our main character, a juggernaut, as he dispenses of as many enemies as it will take to find his neighbor and her daughter. Eventually, he manages to pinpoint the head villains and take them down one by one. The ending of the last fight scene, which I won't spoil, is extremely satisfying and a giant relief and makes this movie even better. This movie deserve a ten-out-of-ten rating because it was incredibly enjoyable to watch and was well directed.