Rent The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008)
3.5 of 5 from 175 ratings
2h 4min
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- Synopsis:
- Set in the 1930's Manchurian desert where lawlessness rules, three Korean men fatefully meet each other on a train. Do-Won (Jung Woo-sung) is a bounty hunter who tracks down dangerous criminals. Chang- yi (Lee Byung-hun) is the leader of a group of tough-as- nails bandits. Tae-goo (Song Kang-ho) is a train robber with nine lives. The three strangers engage in a chase across Manchuria to take possession of a map Tae-goo discovers while robbing the train. Also on the hunt for the mysterious map are the Japanese army and Asian bandits. In this unpredictable, escalating battle for the map, who will stand as the winner in the end?
- Actors:
- Kang-ho Song, Byung-hun Lee, Woo-sung Jung, Je-mun Yun, Seung-su Ryu, Young-chang Song, Byung-ho Son, Dal-su Oh, Cheong-a Lee, Kwang-il Kim, Dong-seok Ma, Kyeong-hun Jo, Hang-soo Lee, Hyun Joong Kang, Sung-min Lee, Chang-sook Ryu, Young-mok Yun, Cheol-ho Yeom, Seung-won Seo, Deok-jae Jo
- Directors:
- Jee-woon Kim
- Producers:
- Jae-Won Choi, Jee-woon Kim
- Writers:
- Jee-woon Kim, Min-suk Kim
- Aka:
- Joheunnom nabbeunnom isanghannom
- Studio:
- Icon
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Comedy
- Collections:
- New waves of Korean Cinema
- Countries:
- Korea
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 15/06/2009
- Run Time:
- 124 minutes
- Languages:
- Korean Dolby Digital 5.1, Korean DTS 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.40:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- Bonus:
- Alternative (Korean) Ending
- Running Fast (Making of)
- The Good, The Bad, The Weird and the Vicious (Interview with Director and the Cast)
- Analogue (cinematography, Lighting, action Sequences, Sound
- space (Production Design, Costumes, Set Decoration)
- Deleted Scenes
- Alternate Endings
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Reviews (2) of The Good, the Bad, the Weird
Korea & Western Clash - The Good, the Bad, the Weird review by CP Customer
The Good, The Bad, The Weird is an imaginative attempt at something new. Director Ji-Woon Kim struggles to weave a narrative beyond the memorable action sequences, although these are mainly shoot outs than hand-to-hand combat. There's far too much going on; a real sense of throwing everything into the mix. What you're left with is a film overly long at 130 minutes that could have benefited from more focused editing and a simplier script.
1 out of 3 members found this review helpful.
A Blast of a Western - The Good, the Bad, the Weird review by Alphaville
A 2009 Korean spaghetti western set in the Manchurian desert by talented director Kim Jee-Woon. It has its OTT cringe moments thanks to a Jackie-Chan-type character (the ‘weird’), but the ‘good’ is suitably heroic and the ‘bad’ is brilliant, thanks to Lee Byung-Hun’s usual charismatic screen presence.
Above all, the set pieces, as in all Kim films, are glorious. He revels in the power of visual cinema, playing with the image in an almost Godardian way. The opening train heist is flamboyantly filmed with swooping fly-cams and travelling shots. Even better: a sweeping 12 minute chase sequence across the desert that is part of a brilliant last half-hour paying homage to Sergio Leone.
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