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While strutting through Downtown Seoul, Hang-gi, a local gangland pimp, spots young Sun-hwa, a pretty, middle-class college student, waiting on a park bench. He sits next to her, creating a disparate ...( read more 
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MCT:September 4, 2008It could be regarded as a FUNNY GAMES in Kim Ki-Duk's career... Disturbing, Disgusting and Dirty, but unforgettable and impresive...
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MCT:July 1, 2008
C'est tout de même dommage.
Parce que la première heure était perverse à souhait, qu'elle était lourde de sous-entendus intelligents et d'ambiguïtés jouissives. Les deux acteurs principaux savaient donner vie à l'oeuvre et Bad Guy se positionnait déjà comme l'un des grands scénarios écrits par Ki-Duk Kim, quand bien même il s'agissait peut-être là d'une de ses réalisations les moins travaillées en matière d'esthétisme, malgré quelques plans de caméra qui en valaient tout de même la peine.
Ce qui est dommage, c'est que toute cette abomination du scénario coulait si bien, tout le développement en était si fluide, que la dernière demie-heure a corsée les choses par un amalgame de péripéties étranges et plus ou moins compréhensibles qui, somme toute, auront fini par me perdre. Des personnages louches font irruption et font dévier bizarrement le scénario vers une finale inattendue qui ne rend pas du tout honneur au reste du film.
Tout de même un bon film de Ki-Duk Kim, bien que la fin aurait pu être travaillée d'une différente manière.
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MCT:April 27, 2008
Pretty good but missing something. But in the end, you have a hot naked Asian laying in the fetal position and crying a lot. Thumbs up.
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MCT:December 14, 2007A strange film of a thug's attraction to a woman, which spurs him to contrive a scenario in which she is at his mercy. Forced into prostitution, he is her pimp, and he watches her intimate encounters through a one-way mirror.
But he loves her?
A great looking film, but somewhat puzzling if considered in the rational world we live in, while this film follows its own logic entirely.
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MCT:November 5, 2007I thought it was disgusting that he still forced/let her whore herself even if it was all they knew to make a living. Or maybe I just can't grasp the idea that their love is so strong that they're willing to make that sacrifice for each other?
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MCT:June 6, 2007
Interesting and pretty compelling. If the lack of exposition doesn't interest you the cinematography might keep you in your seat.
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MCT:June 2, 2007Kim Ki Duk has an amazing ability to create characters who are real. In fact they are so real their actions seem unrealistic. In this film, we see a very unlikeable man fall in love. He is obviously socially incompetent and becomes obsessive. Like many of Duk's films there are no easy answers, and not everything is justified. Brilliant performances and some confrontational scenes add to the shocking impact. Another quiet and engaging piece.
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MCT:May 24, 2007Kim Ki Duk's Bad Guy is a brilliant study of vanity, sexual obsession and moral. It tells the story of a pimp (Han-Ki) who forces a girl into prostitution out of revenge. Bad guy is dark, extremely emotional, violent and forces us to think. Many parts of the movie can be interpreted as a dreamlike, wish-fulfillment fantasy from the viewpoint of Han-Ki. The movie leaves many questions. Why does the pimp never speak? Why the voyeurism? Are Han-Ki's emotions hate or love and pain? What do the torn photo's mean? And the girl dressed in red, is it the heroine in the future (Karma) or is it someone from the past (Han-Ki's ex?)? There is always more under the surface than it seems with Kim Ki Duk's movies, this movie demands multiple views to understand how brilliant it is. Watching Bad Guy is like entering an emotional roller coaster. It challenges all conventional ideas we have about love. Watch it with an open mind and U will have a very powerful experience.
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MCT:March 20, 2007
I had this movie recommended to me by a very good friend of mine here on Flixster. Just like all of the foreign movies I have watched. This is definately my least favorite of the foreign movies that I have watched but it still wasn't a bad movie. I haven't watched a single bad foreign movie yet.
Anyways...this is definately a strange movie but it's also pretty good. Basically it's about a girl that gets into a bind because of money and is basically forced into prostitution. Then she is spyed on by a guy through a double sided mirror. The guy is connected to her though in a way that I don't want to describe because it will give too much away. You just have to watch it.
It's pretty bad that a movie that is my least favorite foreign movie still gets 4 stars. These foreign films are excellent. I'm still adding to my viewing. ^_^ -
MCT:February 25, 2007Nope, didn't like it. Nothing redeeming in the characters or story. Loved "The Isle," but this - not so much.
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MCT:February 6, 2007
Saddening, odd story. Kim Ki-Duk you are amazing what makes you make those odd films^^ The ending broke my heart terribly and in my opinion spoiled the whole movie. ending was really unemotional. If it didnt end like that I would give 5 stars for sure ,so prepare yourself for ending ^^
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MCT:February 4, 2007
Harsh, cruel, uncompromising yet also strangely uplifting masterpiece by Kim Ki-Duk, like most of the master's works this one is not for everyone.
At its core it could be viewed as an incredibly unconventional love story with sado-massochistic overtones, but reducing it to that would be a disservice to the film. There is so much more going on, at the edges of the frame, such magic, such hope even ammongst the nihilism that the film is able to get away with a lot, especially during the last 30 minutes, as by this point it has long since established itself as a poem first and foremost. -
MCT:January 21, 2007
An unsettling, saddening and bleak depiction of the unfortunate reality of prostitution. This is a moving, heartbreaking and thoroughly unforgettable experience of a film.
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MCT:November 12, 2006
A tough gangland leader experiences love at first sight when he encounters a young college student in a crowd. With no concern for public conduct, or the desires of the girl, he forces himself upon her and kisses her in front of her boyfriend. Totally unapologetic, the man is beaten by police and left disgraced.
Desperate to see her again, the man decides to return to the same place. Soon, the student re-appears and she and her boyfriend go on a window shopping trip. However, her desperate lack of money leads her to commit an unfortunate crime, for which her victim demands an uncompromising, pre-planned punishment: She must work as a prostitute to pay the money back. And it is the man who fell in love with her in the crowd that day that will be responsible for taking care of her
Dark, daring and brutal, this twisted tale from the director of The Isle challenges romantic ideals and breaks with conventional notions of love to deliver one of the most powerful and controversial films of recent years. -
MCT:October 19, 2006
i made the mistake of judging this as another korean revenge movie about halfway through it. by the end of the movie i wasn't quite sure what the main theme was but kim ki duk tends to have that effect. the acting was great and the nonconventional camerawork was very much kim's style, unique, simple, dirty and clever. bad guy is more similar to the isle than to 3-iron or spring, summer, fall... so don't watch it unless you're in the mood for a fairly brutal story with moments of terrible suffering.
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MCT:June 28, 2006
through this film, u could see why korean film is now so alive! not only the goverment is doing sth. to the film industry, u just see how hard the directors work and how much effort thet make.
this film is not about a educated college student being a prostitute not by her choice, is far more than that! sth. is related to the history of south korea itself! the cast is huge. actors all perform excellent! -
MCT:June 28, 2006
Only problem with this movie is the storyline. Some gangster turns a college girl into a hooker so she can pay off a debt. If this movie was made in America, it would be straight to video smut but since it's an Asian film, it's beautiful and poetic. Don't know what else to say. Will probably watch it again sometime since some of the shots in it are gorgeous. Not a lot of dialogue in this one.
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MCT:April 6, 2006
Uncomfortable viewing, and occasionally frustrating in its style, but overall a very insightful and thought provoking piece.
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