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Drama King
2 people found this review helpful
Oct 16, 2023
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Overall 6.5
Story 5.5
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 4.5

A no mercy with something more.

"No Mercy" style revenge film with the great
Lee Si Young. Here the theme is the same, with a somewhat confusing narrative plot. But at a certain point everything is clearly explained to you, a bit of "red light crime", a bit of "rape and revenge", and that's it. Nothing original, but pleasant to follow if you want to spend a couple of hours full of unbridled violence. Usually these films do not shine in artistic details, or excellent interpretations. They focus everything on the bloody scenes and action typical of Hollywood films. The cast knew how to do well what they had to do, performances a little subdued, but in line with the type of film. Both the bad and the good antagonist demonstrated a black and white face to face. Him Kim Ji Hoon who fits in very well in the role of the villain, and her Jeon Jong Seo with that sweet little face, but at the same time ruthless and vindictive. For me it was enjoyable and I would easily watch it again with a few beers and some chips.

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D._
2 people found this review helpful
Oct 11, 2023
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Overall 4.0
Story 3.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 3.0
Rewatch Value 1.0

Great visuals, bad plot

Was really excited for this movie, since I like Jeon Jong Seo, but was left with disappointment. The visuals are absolutely stunning, actors did a great job, but the plot (or lack thereof) was just terrible. I get what they were trying to do, but it just didn’t come out good. The action scenes were great, and I think that that’s the only thing they put effort into. It felt like something was missing, I even thought I accidentally missed a part of the movie, but the plot is just really that bad. I hope that Jong Seo’s next project will be better, because this was just a waste of her talent.

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TrippleR7
2 people found this review helpful
Oct 17, 2023
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Overall 8.5
Story 8.5
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 5.5

I enjoyed it

People saying that this has no plot, I don’t agree with that. The plot is basically clear. She’s out for revenge for her dead friend, how more clearer can it be? The movie is a revenge drama and doesn’t pretend to be anything more than that. It delivers for me in what it sets out to accomplish. The fight scenes where actual very decent although some suspension of belief is required at time, it had overall good/decent fight scenes.
She took my face and my Lamborghini should be an iconic phrase. Lol.
It’s not something I would rewatch but I do recommend for a one time watch.

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MOA
2 people found this review helpful
Oct 13, 2023
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Overall 4.5
Story 9.5
Acting/Cast 9.5
Music 1.0
Rewatch Value 1.0

Had too many loop hole

Storyline

The storyline had me hocked and when I saw the cast was like it's going to be one for the books

Well that did not happen. The moive was to short to begin with it had me guessing why she had to take the revenge for the best friend and why the best friend lived the life she did. Not to to forget the ML had to many missing parts from his character.

Character
The character had no life to them it felt like they where one dimensional

Acting
The acting was really good it did not feel forced and the fight scenes where really good so that was 100/ 10

Music
Hated the otp it did not go with the moive

Rewatch value
I would not recommend anyone who has.never watched a k moive. Would never watch it again .

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dvadout
2 people found this review helpful
Oct 9, 2023
Completed 0
Overall 3.0
Story 3.0
Acting/Cast 5.5
Music 1.0
Rewatch Value 1.0
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When I saw a female lead with strong fighting skills I had to watch. There's not that many in Korea so when a female who can fight pops up I'm there.

I also noticed the two main leads were in Money Heist. So again, had to watch.

I gotta say this movie was a let down. Weak character plots all around had me irritated in the end. There's no back story of the main FL. Her best friend's back story was weak as all get up and the main ML who plays the villain was even worse.

The movie lightly touched up on females being videotaped and blackmailed. They make it seem like the police chief is in on this as well but again, every scenario that was deposited into this movie was lackluster and that's putting it nicely.

All we get is the main FL can fight. The pace was very slow. The bad bad guys got taken out in less than 10 minutes. The ending even less than that.

This is why I tend to stay away from Korean movies. They have no life to them. Stick to the Korean dramas. You'll be more satisfied than this movie.

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freckledstrawberry
1 people found this review helpful
Sep 4, 2024
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Overall 9.5
Story 9.5
Acting/Cast 10
Music 9.5
Rewatch Value 9.5

Watch this when you are angry

This is a great movie to vicariously live your vengeance fantasies. Worth your time!

This is a great movie to vicariously live your vengeance fantasies. Worth your time!

This is a great movie to vicariously live your vengeance fantasies. Worth your time!

This is a great movie to vicariously live your vengeance fantasies. Worth your time!

This is a great movie to vicariously live your vengeance fantasies. Worth your time!
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LoulouBY
1 people found this review helpful
Oct 7, 2023
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Overall 6.5
Story 1.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 5.0
Rewatch Value 1.0

It wasn't like I expected sadly

At first when I saw the trailer I was really excited to watch it especially because of the fact that it was a revenge movie and all but I was quite disappointed with the plot as it felt like it was missing something such as depth and the story in itself.

I think the movie could of had a better plot overall.


The writers really did it dirty and didn't give it what it deserves .

I feel like the actors of the movie are really good but just the context of 8was written in a langue
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Lina
1 people found this review helpful
Oct 14, 2023
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Overall 7.0
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 9.5
Music 9.5
Rewatch Value 1.0

A small rest ahead of the long TBW list.

There is not much to say about this movie. It is a typical revenge story with no plot twists, no sudden events here and there.

To sum it up, a ballerina befriends a badass girl (JJS) which is the main character in this movie. Some things happened to the ballerina and JJS needs to avenge her. She will try, did she succeed? Watch the movie, i'm not going to spoil you lol. The bad guy is KJH, i like him so no comment on his wonderful sexy acting lol.

The only phrase that got stuck with me from the whole movie is "My face and My Lamborghini", like the vibes were weird and funny at the same time.

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breathingwillhelp
1 people found this review helpful
Jul 6, 2024
Completed 0
Overall 6.0
Story 8.5
Acting/Cast 7.5
Music 5.5
Rewatch Value 3.5

Fast revenge

The beginning was satisfying. The end was very satisfying. The middle - not so much.

It was a great idea: an ex-assassin seeking revenge on behalf of a friend. It was too short to fully explore the story. It felt like the writer wanted to say something and decided to say it really quickly.

The main actor's portrayal of the character was great: the concentration and quiet confidence was there, but it's a shame that there wasn't more depth to the character and story. The villain was beautiful (such a strong stereotype that even if we didn't know it was him, we would guess it was him) and evil enough for you to wish that someone would put him in his place.

What I liked: the fight scenes were great
What I didn't like: some of the fight scenes were too graphic

It's watchable...ish....

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Elleirbag
1 people found this review helpful
Oct 17, 2023
Completed 0
Overall 10
Story 9.5
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10

THIS WAS SO GOOD

I loved the plot, Actors and pretty much everything about this because you can't find many shows like this. But this was immaculate amazing definitely loved it ? ❤️ ? ? ? ? ? I 10/10 recommend this. You should watch it btw this I so long bc I need 500 characters lol ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 163 more to go yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy anyways watch this if you like crazy movies cause it was that always 42 more lalllalalaalalallalalalalalalalalalalal OKAY!
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Nina Gubova
1 people found this review helpful
Oct 16, 2023
Completed 0
Overall 9.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 7.0
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Known concept, interesting execution

The amount of movies and dramas I have seen about this kind of topic is high, but this particular movie stood out for me. The storytelling and the movie's portrayal were really good and kept me hooked for the whole time. I liked how some of the cast members reunited from Money Heist: Korea and it was nice to see them together again. Although there were some moments that I didn't find interesting, but they were important for the action passages and other scenes so it's okay. Finally, there was a movie where revenge was really what I wanted and it was a book example of how to avenge people.

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krynaria
1 people found this review helpful
Jan 6, 2024
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Overall 7.5
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 6.5
Music 6.5
Rewatch Value 7.0

more punching and less talking

This movie can be best described as climactic. The action scenes are exceptionally well-executed, creating a sense of excitement and intensity. The protagonist's fighting style is both stylish and effective, making it satisfying to watch her take on multiple opponents effortlessly. Additionally, the movie delves into important themes such as exploitation and abuse, shedding light on power dynamics and the struggles faced by the oppressed. It also serves as an empowering story for women.

The plot circles around badass women killing men for revenge, if that doesn't sound intriguing to you then I don't know what is. I specifically love the ending, she should've burned him to toast that even dogs can't eat him anymore. I know it's for "a friend" but my delusions tell me she's gay and she's getting revenge for her girlfriend. Nonetheless, the chemistry was there. This film didn't focus much on the acting, plot, or dialogue. It was like more punching and less talking lol.

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