Lasting well over 2 hours and it was fascinating to watch from beginning till the end. It's sort of a South Korean version of "Goodfellas"...
The story: a powerful civil servant, with lots of powerful government connections, gets involved in organized crime in South Korea.
These South Korean mobsters dont use guns by the way, only baseball bats and knives. They beat or stick each other, till their enemies are face down bleeding on the ground, but they do not kill each other with guns. Remarkable! These South Korean gangs do still have certain rules which everyone has to abide to...
The good: suspenseful true to life story, which was based on actual events that took place in South Korea at the beginning of the nineties, in which there was a political power change and consequentially lots of organized crime gangs were taken down heavy handedly by the new government. This movie shows us the rise and fall of these old fashioned Korean mobsters.
Recommended watch for anyone who is into organized crime movies. This is a rock solid one!
The story: a powerful civil servant, with lots of powerful government connections, gets involved in organized crime in South Korea.
These South Korean mobsters dont use guns by the way, only baseball bats and knives. They beat or stick each other, till their enemies are face down bleeding on the ground, but they do not kill each other with guns. Remarkable! These South Korean gangs do still have certain rules which everyone has to abide to...
The good: suspenseful true to life story, which was based on actual events that took place in South Korea at the beginning of the nineties, in which there was a political power change and consequentially lots of organized crime gangs were taken down heavy handedly by the new government. This movie shows us the rise and fall of these old fashioned Korean mobsters.
Recommended watch for anyone who is into organized crime movies. This is a rock solid one!