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I Saw the Devil

Abandon all compassion.

2010 · 2h 24m · Not Rated Horror, Thriller
Directed by Kim Jee-woon

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Overview

Kyung-chul is a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. Soo-hyeon, a top-secret agent, decides to track down the murderer himself. He promises himself that he will do everything in his power to take vengeance against the killer, even if it means that he must become a monster himself.

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83%
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Rotten

A remorseless catalogue of calculated violence, casual cannibalism and sexual sadism, this inflicts over two hours of suffering on the audience...

Nigel Floyd, Time Out
Fresh

This is the stuff of nightmares, where even the good guy is bad, and as shock cinema goes, it packs a punch.

Tom Long, Detroit News
Fresh

We lucky westerners get to see it in all its hair-raising, stomach-churning glory, and that's a wonderful thing.

Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
Fresh

A terrific but uncompromising film that's definitely not for everyone. It's not just that the violence is graphic, but that much of it is so mean-spirited.

Calvin Wilson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Rotten

After a while, the sheer length and repetitiousness of the film begins to feel pornographic in the dullest sense.

Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

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