As seperate sketches or short scenes the film excels. It fully demonstrates large technical capabilities and an artistic eye. The final sword fight is simply gorgeous but seems more like some OTT advert. With all the impressive individual scenes put together in a loose plot that ...( read more)
Saw this on a visit to Korea. It's clearly ripped off from the popular K-drama "Damo", with the same female lead. The cinematography sparkles at times, but it looks far too staged, and the story is extremely contrived. About 30 minutes into the film narcolepsy striikes.
I love fighting scene. This had a lot of it. And the movement while the fight. AMAZING!! You can't get bored from this movie. And damn the guy is fine in this movie. LOL.
This Korean epic story didn't make sense to me as what I thought it was really strange. In several swordplay scenes are bloody dull with a very slow motion and deeply dark through the night. At the beginning with the undercover detectives was quite funny, then in the dark scenes ...( read more)
I'd rather not repeat what the other reviewers have said so thoughroughly. So I'll make this brief. A beautiful movie that is a masterpiece in art, though as a movie it may need a little work. A person could find themselves confused really easily while watching.
A favorite! I fell in love with this movie the first time I saw it. It's a love story, drama with comedy mixed in. Sad Eyes is chased by Namsoon an officer of the law because he is a thief and assumed he's mixed in with the fake coins conspiracy. Namsoon has chased him around thr...( read more)
I don't really understand the movie but... I like the love love part... Forbidden love... sigh...
An un-even mix of comedy, love story and drama. Let's start with the story. It's toss. At times it made absolutely no sense whatsoever. Dong-won Kang is awful as 'Sad eyes'. Lacking almost everything that a lead actor needs. No emotion! I guess it's not his fault that he only has...( read more)
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