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A Balasaur Score of 81 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%. Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 98% of the 1,408 2000s action movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Kim Sun-woo is an enforcer and manager for a hotel owned by a cold, calculative crime boss, Kang who assigns Sun-woo to a simple errand while he is away on a business trip; to shadow his young mistress, Hee-soo, for fear that she may be cheating on him with a younger man with the mandate that he must kill them both if he discovers their affair.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do.
1,031 audience votes
Key crew
- Jang Young-gyuOriginal Music Composer
- DalpalanOriginal Music Composer
- Kim Jee-woonDirector
- Kim Jee-woonScreenplay
Cast
- Lee Byung-hunSun-woo
- Kim Yeong-cheolMr. Kang
- Shin Min-aHee-soo
- Kim Roi-haMoon-seok
- Lee Ki-youngOh Moo-seong
- Hwang Jung-minMr. Baek
- Eric MunTae-goo
- Oh Dal-suMyeong-goo
- Kim Hae-gonTae-woong
- Kim HanSe-yoon
- Jin GooMin-gi
- Lee Hang-sooChairman Won
Stills
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Themes
buried alivehandlangerrevengefugitiveextramarital affairromanticenchant
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