I Saw the Devil
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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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2011-05-10T16:35:26.000Z
I Saw The Devil Trailer
2011-02-22T22:08:54.000Z
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Cast
Lee Byung-hun
Kim Soo-hyeon
Choi Min-sik
Kyung-chul
Jeon Kuk-hwan
Squad Chief Jang
Cheon Ho-jin
Section Chief Oh
Oh San-ha
Joo-yeon
Kim Yoon-seo
Se-yeon
Nam Bo-ra
Section Chief's Daughter
Lee Jun-hyuk
NIS Agent
Yoon Chae-yeong
Nurse Han Song-i
Choi Moo-seong
Tae-joo
Kim In-seo
Se-jung
Kim Kap-soo
Planning Team Deputy Head
Um Tae-goo
Detective
Choi Jin-ho
Planning Director
Mi-nam Jeong
Gangster in Taxi
Jo Deok-jae
Detective Kang
Jang Jeong-won
Kyung-chul's Son
Park Seo-yeon
Woman at Pension
Lee Seol-gu
Gangster in Taxi
Kim Yeong-chan
Young Pharmacist
Goo Yong-wan
Corporal
Kim Dae-hye
Hospital Worker
Kim Jae-geon
Old Doctor
Park Ji-yeon
Teacher
Son Young-soon
Kyung-chul's Mother
Nam Hyeon-joo
Section Chief Oh's Wife
Han Chul-woo
Detective Park
Sin Jeong-hoon
Policeman at Stream
Han Se-joo
Woman on Bus
Park Jeong-gi
Sergeant
Jo Myeong-yeon
Detective
Kim Bong-soo
Kyung-chul's Father
Kim Kang-il
Park Han-gi
Sin Sin-Beom
Old Pharmacist
Seol Chang-hee
Detective
Yoon Byung-hee
Jang-goo
Jung Tae-sung
Hotel Agent
Jang In-seo
Student
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Music
Photos Lee Mo-gae
Revenue 12966357
Location South Korea
Producer Kim Jung-hwa, Kim Jae-young
Director Kim Jee-woon
User Reviews
LastCaress1972 June 23 2021 09:57:22 PM

Brutal South Korean film about a serial rapist/killer (Min-sik Choi, Oldboy) who picks on the wrong girl when he kills and chops up the pregnant fiancee of a government secret agent (Byung-hun Lee, A Bittersweet Life, The Good, The Bad, The Weird) who proceeds to track him down, beat him to a pulp, place a tracking device on him, give him some money and release him. The idea being that he wants the killer to suffer and suffer and suffer, again and again, until his fear is as great as that of his victims, before he kills him. I Saw The Devil is not without its faults; at almost two-and-a-half hours, it's too long, the brutal nature of the characters threatens to slide into absurdity especially when our killer takes refuge with a cannibalistic mate who doesn't mind his wife being raped (she doesn't mind, either; I guess your standards slip when your old man eats people for shits & giggles), and the concept of getting this serial rapist/killer to a point of sheer terror, like his victims - is flawed; this guy, as played by Min-sik Choi, is NEVER going to feel any fear. And so it is, by the end, rendering the whole catch/release premise redundant. That said, it's gripping, it's tense throughout much of the runtime, the lead performances are superb, it's astonishingly violent and gory, but it's meted out just right; more Seven than Saw, and it is photographed exquisitely. A serial killer movie bordering on torture porn, set in Korea in the snow, shouldn't logically have a colour palette this vivid, but every frame is just beautiful.