Written by - Kim JI-woon & Kim Min-suk
Cast - Song Kang-ho, Lee Byung-Hun, Jung Woo-sung
Country - South Korea [2008]
You will instantly recognize the title from the Clint Eastwood classic (the good,the bad and the ugly), but this film supplants it's namesake in every way. Set in 1930s , the plot is simple but the vision of Kim Ji-woon is what makes it a superior product. A treasure map, a thief, a bounty hunter, a bandit, the imperial Japanese army, Manchurian bandits.The thrills begin with a train cutting through the Manchurian desert where all the 3 characters collide and the film is set in a momentum that it will not lose till the end. The rapid scenes never make you look away. Song Kang-ho plays the funny man. Lee Byung-hun collaborates once again with Kim Ji-woon to play a brooding murderer. The climax of course is a Mexican standoff that leaves you mildly curious but mostly amused.
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