The film stars Byung-hun Lee as Kim Soo-hyeon, a police detective, who's fiancee is killed by a notorious serial killer. Kyung-chul (Min-sik Choi), a violent and smart serial killer, has been killing girls for a long time, but this time he picked the wrong one. After finding out that his fiancee has been killed, Kim immediately takes two weeks vacation and goes after any suspect he can get his hands on. When he finally comes to the home of Kyung-chul, Kim does some looking around and finds a cabinet full of women's shoes, bras and other accessories. Then he finds a room that looks like a dungeon, which is the room where Kyung-chul does most of his killing. Kim finds his fiancee's engagement ring and knows that Kyung-chul is the man that killed her.
He wants revenge, but a different kind of revenge. When Kim locates Kyung-chul for the first time, they attack each other almost immediately. Kim beats Kyung-chul severely, but doesn't kill him, instead he just leaves him where he is and plants a bug on him. When Kyun-chul awakes he doesn't get what happened and why Kim didn't kill him. The two enemies get into many violent scuffles and Kyung-chul is left barely alive each time. Kyung-chul starts becoming very angry and realizes Kim is the fiancee of the one woman he killed.
Keeping Kyung-chul alive turns out to be a big mistake because he goes after Kim's fiancee's Father, who is the Chief of Police, and her sister. With two more people who were close to him, dead, Kim goes after Kyung-chul one last time. It all ends at Kyung-chul's house, with an ending that you won't believe and won't soon forget.
This movie packs a huge punch. It never lets up and keeps you interested in the madness, all the way through. Directed by a great Asian filmmaker Jee-woon Kim, this movie has it all. Gripping acting from Byung-hun Lee and Min-sik Choi, they take this film to levels that you wouldn't expect. Byung-hun lee makes you care for his character so much, that it can even bring on tears. Min-sik Choi plays such a great villain, so violent and genius, this role might even be better than his in Oldboy. The gore and violence aren't for noobs. This is definitely one of the more violent of the best Asian films, but that doesn't take away from the movie. It knows when to be gory and violent, and doesn't overdo at all. With the amazing twists thrown in, this movie is easily a 10 out of 10. If you haven't seen it yet, run and get it, before you miss out on its brilliance.
My Dvd, which I just recently got, is the Uncut version and has Byung-hun Lee pictured. The movie has great reviews, that cover the front and back of the Dvd. "A Masterpiece of its Genre....You Won't Soon Forget It," says The New York Post. "This is Film Making on a Whole New Level.....A Masterpiece," says CHUD. "Absolutely Fantastic," says Bloody Disgusting.
I Saw the Devil was released in 2010 and directed by Jee-woon Kim. Released by Showbox, Magnet Releasing, SoftBank Ventures Korea, Peppermint & Company, Finecut, D Films and Maple Pictures.
Collection#:
I Saw the Devil: #561
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