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A Balasaur Score of 67 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 53%, Metacritic 59/100. Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do. Scores higher than 78% of the 1,421 2000s action movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
A deaf man and his girlfriend resort to desperate measures in order to fund a kidney transplant for his sister. Things go horribly wrong, and the situation spirals rapidly into a cycle of violence and revenge.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes53%
Metacritic59/100
Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do.
1,779 audience votes
Key crew
- Lee Jong-yongScreenplay
- Lee Jae-soonScreenplay
- Park Chan-wookDirector
- Park Chan-wookScreenplay
- Bek Hyun-jinOriginal Music Composer
- Lee Mu-yeongScreenplay
- Lee Byung-hoonOriginal Music Composer
- Jang Young-gyuOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Song Kang-hoDong-jin
- Shin Ha-kyunRyu
- Bae DoonaYeong-mi
- Im Ji-eunSister
- Han Bo-baeYu-Sun
- Lee Dae-yeonDetective Choi
- Ki Joo-bongEngineer Peng
- Kim Se-dongCEO
- Lee Yoon-miBoss
- Ryoo Seung-bumPerson with Cerebral Palsy
- Ji Dae-hanDetective Ji
- Heo Jong-suDetective Heo
Stills
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Themes
factorykidnappingkidney transplant revengedisabilityradical politicssouth koreaorgan harvesting
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