Fresh
Imagine the sparseness of classic oaters matched with the energy of martial arts movies and you've got what Kim Jee-won has wrought.
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
The Good, the Bad, the Weird
One map. Three villains. Winner takes all.
2008 · 2h 10m · R
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Western
Directed by
Kim Jee-woon
Overview
The story of three Korean outlaws in 1930s Manchuria and their dealings with the Japanese army and Chinese and Russian bandits. The Good (a bounty hunter), the Bad (a hitman), and the Weird (a thief) battle the army and the bandits in a race to use a treasure map to uncover the riches of legend.
Director and cast
- Kim Jee-woon Director
- Song Kang-ho as Yoon Tae-goo, the Weird
- Lee Byung-hun as Park Chang-yi, the Bad
- Jung Woo-sung as Park Do-won, the Good
- Yoon Je-moon as Byung-choon
- Song Young-chang as Kim Pan-joo
- Lee Chung-ah as Song-yi
- Kim Kwang-il as Two Blades
- Don Lee as Bear
- Jo Kyeong-hun as Doo-chao
- Lee Hang-soo as Karemaru
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
82%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Thrill-seekers, rejoice. Here's the summer blockbuster you've been waiting for -- no, dreaming of. The Good, the Bad, the Weird is to Hollywood's puny efforts what the Large Hadron Collider is to a Hula Hoop.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Fresh
With a nod and a wink to Sergio Leone, South Korean filmmaker Kim Jee-woon delivers a slam-bang western set in Manchuria after the Japanese invasion in 1931.
Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Kimchi Westerns, anyone?
G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle
Rotten
If you're going to attempt an ambitious action epic, you'd better have the directorial chops to pull it off. Kim clearly doesn't.
Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times
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